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b. Elytra without spots or bands. 



654. Dermorhytis viridinitens, sp. n. 



2 . Metallic bright green ; palpi and antennae flavous. 



Head moderately closely and strongly punctured ; clypeus trans- 

 verse, not separated from the face ; basal joint of antennae blackish- 

 aeneous above, third and fourth joints equal. Thorax about half 

 as broad again as long, sides straight at base, slightly rounded 

 before the middle, angles produced ; surface with strong, very 

 sparse and irregularly placed punctures, basal margin with a deep 

 transverse groove. Elytra wider at base than the thorax, very 

 finely punctured in double rows near the suture ; strongly trans- 

 versely rugose at the sides. 



Length 5 mm. 



Hob. Southern India : Travancore (Coll. Brit. Mus.}. 



In this species the thorax is more sparsely punctured than in 

 any other species o the genus, and the antennae are fulvous. 



655. Dermorhytis imitans, sp. n. 



$ . Metallic greenish-blue, beneath green ; labrum and antennae 

 nearly black. 



Head finely and remotely punctured; clypeus separated from the 

 face, sparsely punctured, anterior border blackish ; antennae with 

 the basal joint metallic green, second aud following two joints with 

 their apices fulvous, rest black (apical three joints wanting in the 

 type and only known specimen), third and fourth joints equal, 

 shorter than the fifth. Thorax half as broad again as long, 

 sides rounded, entire, anterior angles prominent, surface finely 

 and remotely punctured. Elytra finely punctate-striate near the 

 suture, more strongly so at the sides ; some few rugosities below 

 the shoulders. 



Length 6 mm. 



H(ib. Southern India : Nilgiris (Hampson, Brit. Mus.). 



Larger than the preceding species, the antennae dark and the 

 basal joints different in length, the thorax rather more transverse 

 and although remotely punctured more closely so than in the 

 other species ; the elytral rugosities few and feeble. Described 

 from a single female. 



B. Thorax closely punctured ; elytra ivitJiout transverse 

 bands or spots. 



056. Dermorhytis ceylonensis, Jac. P. Z. S. 1887, p. 81, pi. x, fig. 7. 



Beneath fulvo-piceous with aeneous gloss, above greenish- 

 aeneous ; antennae aud legs fulvous. 



Head rather finely and very closely rugose-punctate, with a 

 small central tubercle ; labrum fulvous ; antennae long and slender, 



