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margins are angulated at the middle, the front angles nearly 

 right angles, the hind angles obtuse, the base very gently curved 

 and not margined. The scutellum is minutely punctured. The 

 elytra are deeply but unevenly striated, with moderately fine 

 punctures in the striae and upon the alternate intervals, which 

 are broader than the rest. The pygidiuin is very finely and 

 densely punctured, the sides of the metasternum strongly and 

 closely, and the abdomen coarsely and sparingly. There is no 

 mesosternal process. The front tibiae are strongly bidentate, the 

 hind tibiae dilated at the end and constricted before it, and the 

 larger claw of the front and middle tarsi is cleft. 



d . The front inner claw is broad, abruptly angulated near the 

 middle of the lower edge, acute and strongly bifid. 



Length, 9-11 mm.; breadth, 5-6-5 mm. 



MADRAS : Nilgiri Hills, 4000-6000 ft. (April and May). 



Type in the British Museum ; co-types in Mr. H. E. Andre wes' 

 collection. 



A series of males, but no females, were taken by Mr. H. L. 

 Andrewes. 



219. Anomala protea. 



Anomala protect, Arrow, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) ix, 1912, p. 80. 



Reddish testaceous, with a slight metallic lustre upon the head, 

 thorax and legs, the elytra non-metallic and decorated with black 

 markings, consisting of a large spot adjoining the scutellum on 

 each side, broad lateral and apical margins, and an irregular 

 transverse band beyond the middle, joining the lateral borders, 

 the suture being reddish or black : or the colour may be entirely 

 pale, with reddish markings, as described, upon the elytra: or the 

 elytra may be entirely black, with verv narrow anterior and ex- 

 ternal margins reddish testaceous like the remainder of the body : 

 or the forehead, prothorax (except narrow lateral margins) r 

 scutellum and legs may be metallic greenish black, the elytra 

 with black bands as described. 



It is a small, globose, shortly ovate insect. The head is 

 coarsely and closely punctured, with the clypeus broad and 

 nearly straight in front. The pronotum is strongly punctured 

 at the sides, a little more finely in the middle, with the lateral 

 margins strongly rounded, the front angles sharp, the hind angles 

 obtuse, and the base very gently trisinuate and not margined. 

 The ecutellum is strongly punctured, and the elytra are deeply 

 punctate-striate, the punctures large and annular, the intervals 

 narrow, and the 5th, 7th and 9th divided by longitudinal rows of 

 punctures. The pygidium and the sides of the body beneath are 

 coarsely and confluently punctured, the latter scantily hairy. 

 There is no sternal process. The legs are stout, the front tibia 

 strongly tridentate, the hind tibia very short, and the larger claw 

 of the front and middle feet is deeply cleft. 



<J . The inner front claw is very broad. 



LencjtJi, 8-9 mm.; breadth, 5-5'5 mm. 



