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green markings disposed as follows : a patch on the vertex, a 

 broad median patch on the pronotum extending from front to 

 hind margin, the scutellum, a vague zigzag stripe at the posterior 

 end of the elytra, and a large patch on each side of the pygidium. 

 The dorsal segments of the abdomen are striped with black and 

 the tarsi are dark. 



It is a small, shortly ovate species, very shining above and 

 beneath, with short pale yellow hair at the sides of the sternum. 

 The head is densely punctate-rugose. The prothorax is extremely 

 finely and sparsely punctured, with a few larger punctures at the 

 sides ; the lateral margins are angulated before the middle, and 

 the base is subtruncate before the scutellum, which is very finely 

 and irregularly punctured. The elytra are deeply striated, the 

 striae strongly punctured, the intervals convex, the fifth having 

 only a few irregular punctures along the middle. The pygidium 

 is very smooth, with minute and scanty punctures. The meso- 

 sterual process is slender, strongly curved and not compressed. 



Length, 1O5-11-5 mm. ; breadth, 6-7 mm. 



MADKAS : Shembaganur, Madura district (P. du Breuil). 



I have seen only three males. 



This is the smallest species of this very closely connected group. 

 It is almost identical in colouring with A. degenerata, but the 

 pygidium and sides of the pronotum are much more finely punc- 

 tured. The basal lobe of the thorax is very short and truncate, 

 and may even appear to be almost emarginate when seen at a 

 certain angle. The fifth interval of the elytra has only an 

 incomplete row of punctures. 



274. Anomala rugilatera. (Plate III, fig. 41.) 



Anomala (Spilota) rugilatera, Arrow, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) viii, 

 1911, p. 477. 



Pale testaceous, entirely suffused with metallic green, and with 

 dark green markings disposed as follows : a bifid patch on the 

 vertex of the head, a longitudinal stripe on each side of the pro- 

 notum, extending from front to hind margin, and a large oval 

 spot on each side of the pygidium. There is a narrow zigzag 

 transverse band just before the extremity of the elytra, the 

 dorsal segments of the abdomen are black-striped and the tarsi 

 are dark. 



It is generally a little more elongate than A. degenerata. The 

 clypeus and forehead are densely punctate-rugose. The pro- 

 notum is very finely punctured in the middle, and coarsely and 

 closely at the sides ; the lateral margins are angulated just before 

 the middle, the front and hind angles are sharp, and the basal lobe 

 is slight. The scutellum is very minutely and sparsely punctured. 

 The elytra are deeply striated, the striae closely punctured, the 

 intervals convex, and the fifth from the suture divided by an 

 almost continuous row of closely-set punctures. The pygidium 



