386 CHRYSOMELIDjE. 



682. Scelodonta? strigicollis, MotscJi. (Odontionopa) Bull Mosc. 

 xxxix, 1866, p. 409 ; Lefiv. Cat. Eumolp. 1885, p. 69. 



Motschulsky's description only gives " colour greenish-seneous, 

 thorax strigose, and elytra marked with four violet spots, suture 

 of similar colour. 



Hdb. " India." 



In the absence of any further details the species is unrecog- 

 nizable. 



683. Scelodonta sufocostata, sp. n. 



Dark cupreous. Head and clypeus strongly rugose ; basal 

 four joints of antennae cupreous, terminal joints black, slightly 

 widened. Thorax of the same shape and sculpturing as in 

 S. nilgiriensis. Elytra deeply punctate-striate, interstices with 

 distinct grey pubescence, placed in rows, also finely punctured and 

 costate throughout, strongly so at the sides, more feebly on the 

 disc ; an obscure purplish spot at the middle. Femora strongly 

 dentate. 



Length 4 mm. 



Hob. Andamans (Coll. Brit. Mus.). 



Smaller than S. nilgiriensis, and separated from it by the 

 regularly costate elytra and their distinct pubescence. 



684. Scelodonta granulosa, Baly, Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) iv, 1867, p. 158. 



Dark cupreous ; ' antennae (base excepted) and tarsi black ; elytra 

 with some dark purplish spots. 



Head closely rugose-punctate, interstices between punctures 

 granulate ; basal nve or six joints of antenna metallic cupreous. 

 Thorax broader than long, sides rounded, surface closely trans- 

 versely strigose. Scutellum pentagonal, punctured. Elytra 

 granulose over the whole surface, coarsely punctate-striate ; 

 interstices transversely punctate so as to render the striae them- 

 selves rather indistinct ; two short ridges at base between shoulders 

 and suture, a long and more distinct ridge near lateral margins 

 and another near apex short and feeble ; at the middle some of 

 these ridges and also those at the base are marked with dark 

 purplish narrow spots, some ill-defined longitudinal depressions are 

 also visible below base and at the sides. Breast closely pubescent 

 on the sides. 



Length 3^-4 mm. 



Hub. Madras ; Assam ; Andamans ; Borneo ; Celebes. 

 The Indian specimens do not seem to differ from Baly's type 

 with which I have compared them, and although the species is 

 closely allied to several others, it may be known generally by the 

 two short costse at the base of the elytra, the granulose surface and 

 feeble longitudinal depressions ; in some specimens the purplish 

 spots are absent. 



