SCELODONTA. 385 



680. Scelodonta dillwyni, Stephens (Eumolpus), llhmtr. Brit. 



Entom. iv, 1831, p. 364, pi. 23, fig. 3. 



Scelodonta nitidula, Baly, Descript. new gen. Sf spec. Phytoph. 

 1864, p. 2 ; id. Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) iv, 1867, p. 157. 



Greenish-cupreous ; terminal joints of antennae and tarsi black ; 

 elytra with suture anteriorly and three spots (2 . 1) purplish- 

 cupreous. 



Head strongly punctured, with central longitudinal groove 

 antennae rather slender, extending to base of elytra, terminal 

 joints scarcely thickened. Thorax transversely convex, surface 

 entirely covered with transverse strigae, anterior portion behind 

 the margin with some fine punctures, very sparingly pubescent. 

 Elytra with closely approximate rows of transverse punctures, 

 strong at base, fine near apex, interstices at the apex and on the 

 sides finely costate and pubescent ; a spot immediately below 

 base close to suture, an elongate spot at shoulders, and a third 

 at middle below the basal spot, purplish-cupreous ; suture likewise 

 more or less cupreous anteriorly. Sides of breast densely clothed 

 with white pubescence. 



Length 3^ mm. 



Hob. Tenasserira (DoJierty) ; Borneo ; Singapore. 



Mr. G. C. Champion has pointed out in the Ent. Month. Mag. 

 that a specimen of this species, no doubt accidentally introduced, 

 was taken in England and described by Stephens under the above 

 name, which has priority of Baly's name by more than twenty 

 years. 



The Indian specimens agree very closely with Baly's specimens 

 from Borneo, but have the basal six joints of the antennae metallic 

 greenish, not black as Baly gives in the description of his insect. 



681. Scelodonta nilgiriensis, sp. n. 



$ . Brownish-cupreous ; terminal joints of antennae black; elytra 

 with suture and a lateral narrow stripe pale cupreous. 



Broad and robust. Head coarsely rugose, with narrow cen- 

 tral groove; clypeus deeply separated from face, subquadrate, 

 strongly punctured, supraoculur grooves very deep ; antennae 

 with the basal six joints cupreous, terminal joints blue-black, 

 strongly thickened, third and fourth elongate, equal. Thorax 

 nearly twice as broad as long, sides strongly deflexed, rounded, 

 middle rather widened, surface closely transversely rugose. 

 Scutellum strongly punctured. Elytra feebly depressed below 

 the base, strongly punctate-striate, the rows more distinctly placed 

 near the suture than at the sides ; the punctures transverse, con- 

 fluent at the sides; interstices finely punctate, rather strongly 

 costate except on the outer disc ; a pale golden stripe from the 

 shoulders to near the apex, suture of similar colour. Beneath 

 strongly punctured, scarcely perceptibly pubescent. 



Lenyth 5 mm. 



Llab. Southern India : Nilgiris (G. Hampson). 

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