MANIPTJRIA. 85 



obscure cupreous, finely rugose, thickened, deeply grooved at 

 each side, the grooves meeting in front ; the intermediate space 

 lanceolate in shape, smooth and bluish, with a short central 

 groove ; eyes round and rather small, distinctly notched ; labrum 

 fulvous ; mandibles broad and robust, their apices dentiform ; last 

 joint of maxillary palpi ovately thickened ; antennae black, extended 

 to about the base of the elytra, basal joint short and thick, 

 second very short, third and fourth equal, subquadrately trans- 

 verse, the others longer, strongly subquadrately widened. Thorax 

 not longer than broad, constricted at the middle, the constriction 

 forms a deep sulcus at the sides which gradually diminishes 



Fig. \\.-Manipuria doliertyi. 



towards the middle, another transverse sulcus is placed near the 

 base, the surface impunctate, metallic greenish-aeneous. Elytra 

 with the basal portion raised and behind that depressed, finely 

 punctate-striate, the punctures more strongly marked within the 

 depression, the apex impunctate, lateral margins thickened, accom- 

 panied by a row of closely placed punctures ; the surface obscure 

 seneous, almost black, very metallic, with a subquadrate fulvous 

 spot immediately below the shoulders and another more rounded 

 spot near the apex. Beneath and the legs dark aeneous; pro- 

 sternum extremely narrow. 



Length 9 mm. 



Hab. India: Manipur (Dolierty} (Coll. Brit. Mus.}. 



