Anomala /Vowj Sikkiitiy yorth India. 73 



and behliul. Tlie head is densely punctured, rugosely upon 

 the cly[ieus, which is broad. The pronotuni is closely set 

 with deep transverse punctures and has an iridescent lustre; 

 its sides are subangulate before the middle, the front angles 

 acute, the hind angles rectangular but slightly rounded off, 

 the base not margined and moderately prominent in the 

 middle. The scutellum is punctured like the pronotura. 

 The elytra bear a flattened dilatation from the shoulder to 

 beyond the middle ; they are deeply striated, with confused 

 punctures in the striie and upon the second and fourth inter- 

 stices, which are broad, and tine scattered punctures upon the 

 remaining surface. The pygidium is transversely strigose 

 and bears a few erect tawny hairs. The metasternum is 

 finely punctured and pubescent, and the abdomen irregularly 

 striolated, with transverse rows of stout bristles. The meso- 

 sternum is not produced, the front tibire are bidentate, and 

 the larger claw of the front and middle feet is cleft. 



cJ . The front tibial teeth are short, the claw-joint is 

 strongly curved and bears a short basal tooth and the lower 

 lobe of the inner claw is broad. 



A. flavofasciata is closely related to the Chinese A, spilo- 

 2'>tera^ Burm., as well as to A.jiavonotata and Jiaviventris, 

 which follow. The peculiar iridescent lustre of the pronotum, 

 and the well-marked lateral flange of the elytra will serve to 

 distinguish it. 



This insect is nocturnal in its habits, Mr. Annandale having 

 noted that it hides by day in the moss under tree-trunks and 

 emerges at night. 



Anomala Jlavonotata, sp. n. 



Yiridi-nigra vel cupreo-nigra, laeviesime metallica, punctis clytro- 

 ruin singulorum tribus, plerumque in fasciam transversam flavam 

 conjunctis: longcj ovata, nitida ; capite crebre punctate, postice 

 nitido ; clypeo lato, rugoso, margiue arcuato ; pronoto et scutello 

 minute sat crebre puuctatis, illius lateribus aiitice approximatis, 

 aiigulis anticis acutis, posticis fere rectis, basi trisiiiuato, irumar- 

 giuato; elytris parum profunda punctato-striatis, punctis postice 

 obsoletis, intcrstitiis undique minutissime puuctatis; pygidio 

 krvissime trausversim strigato, apice parce piloso ; metasteruo 

 rugoso, breviter villoso ; abdominis lateribus striolatis ; tibiis 

 fortiter bidentatis, pedum auticum et intermcdiorum uugue 

 majori fisso. 



Long. 15-18 mm. ; lat. max. 8-9 mm. 



JIab. SiKKiM : Kurseong {Verschra€<jhen, cV Abreu — 

 5000 ft.) ; Darjeeling. 



Very dark greenish- or coppery-black above and beneath^ 



