EPIMELA. 145 



elytra rufous ; a humeral spot, another before the middle, a 

 dentate broad band behind the latter and an apical spot, blue. 



. Short, parallel-sided ; head nearly smooth, finely pubescent, 

 feebly and broadly depressed at vertex ; clypeus deflexed, feebly 

 triangularly emarginate ; eyes large, elongate and emarginate ; 

 antennae brownish, slightly longer than thorax, the bases rufous, 

 the joints obsoletely dentate. Thorax more than twice as broad 

 as long, convex, straight at sides, posterior angles rounded, 

 impunctate with some shallow depressions ; median lobe broad but 

 short and truncate. Scutellum large, finely rugose, carinate 

 throughout its length. Elytra finely and irregularly somewhat 

 confluently punctured. Legs pale, the femora and tarsi more or 

 less dark, rather long ; apical abdominal segment with a small 

 fovea. 



Length 5 mm. 



Hob. Kashmir. 



256. Epimela viridicollis (PI. I, fig. 9), Jac. (Pantocometis) The 

 Entomologist, xxxii, 1899, p. 69. 



Metallic green ; labrum, basal joints of antennae and legs fulvous ; 

 elytra fulvous, a spot on shoulders, another before middle and a 

 transverse band behind the latter, dark blue. 



3 . Head very finely longitudinally striate on the vertex, finely 

 rugose and pubescent between the eyes ; antenna? black, extending 

 to base of elytra, basal four joints fulvous, second and third 

 joints small, following joints strongly transverse. Thorax twice 

 as broad as long, sides straight anteriorly, strongly rounded at 

 base as well as at posterior angles ; surface obsoletely transversely 

 depressed anteriorly and obliquely depressed near posterior angles, 

 very minutely punctured and pubescent. Scutellum raised, finely 

 pubescent, apex truncate. Elytra strongly and closely punctured, 

 a round spot before middle near suture and two spots more or less 

 connected behind the middle dark blue. Legs robust, fulvous. 

 Body beneath closely covered with silvery pubescence. 



$ . Larger, elytra much more finely punctured, spots larger, an 

 additional spot on the shoulders. 



Length 6 mm. 



Hab. Khasi Hills. 



257. Epimela indica, Duviv. (Lacbnea) Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxv, 

 1891, p. xxviii. 



Metallic dark blue ; pubescent above and beneath ; basal joints 

 of antenn and labrum fulvous ; elytra fulvous with a narrow 

 transverse band behind the middle. 



Eather elongate and parallel-sided ; head broad and elongate, 

 rugose, clothed with dense pubescence between the eyes, the latter 

 feebly notched ; antennae black, scarcely extending to base of 





