SCELODONTA. 



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676. Scelodonta senea, Motsch. (Odontionopa) Bull. Mosc. ii, 1866, 

 p. 408. 



" Short, subquadrate, shining;, cupreo-aeneous ; base of antennae 

 and legs rufo-testaceous. Thorax strongly punctured, sides 

 arcuate. Elytra half as broad again as the thorax, transversely 

 impressed anteriorly, deeply crenulate-striate, interstices carinate. 



"Length 3 inm. 



"Hab. Ceylon." (Motschulslcij,} 



Lefevre has placed this species, which is unknown to me, in 

 the present genus. There is no described species of true Scelo- 

 donta known to me which has the basal joints of the antennae and 

 the legs pale in colour. 





677. Scelodonta alternata, sp. n. 



Cupreous ; terminal joints of antennae black ; elytra greenish- 

 aeneous, interstices cupreous, forming narrow longitudinal lines. 



Head irregularly rugose throughout, 

 reddish-cupreous, deeply sulcate in the 

 middle and above the eyes; palpi flavous, 

 terminal joint piceous ; antennae piceous, 

 basal four joints cupreous, terminal 

 joints elongate. Thorax of usual shape, 

 transversely strigose and sparingly 

 punctured. Scutellum subquadrate, 

 strongly punctured. Elytra oblong, 

 convex, without any depressions, finely 

 punctate-striate near the suture, more 

 strongly so at the sides, the suture and 

 about six narrow, smooth, longitudinal 

 lines cupreous, other interstices finely 

 pubescent. Flanks of thorax and sides 

 of breast densely coated with white 

 matter ; abdomen finely punctured ; 

 legs cupreous ; femora dentate. 

 Length 4 mm. 



Hab. Andaman Islands (Colls. Brit. 

 Mus. &f Jacoby). 



Quite distinct in sculpture and coloration from any other 

 species, the elytral punctured spaces with some very fine 

 pubescence. 



678. Scelodonta indica, Duviv. Butt. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxv, 1891, 

 p. xxxix. 



Bronze-coloured; labrum, mandibles and terminal joints of 

 antennae black ; palpi fulvous ; elytra with three smooth purplish 

 spots. 



Fig. 133. 



Scelodonta alternata. 



