Aiioniala //'O^i Sil-kim, Xorfh India. 77 



liirfo, al>doniine fere iiiulo ; mcposlerno hand prodiicto ; tibiis 

 anticis bidentatis, pedum 4 anticorum iingue ruajori fisso. 

 S , corpore brcviori, pedum anticum tibia magis acute dentata, 

 tarso incrassato, ungue majori lato, pedum posticum calcare 

 longiori apice clavato. 



Black, with a very feeble metallic lustre above, ospeciallv 

 visible upon the head and pronotnm ; the mouth ancl antennaa 

 (lull red, and the sides of tlie pygidiuni and abdominal seg- 

 ments exhibitini;: spots of the same colour, tiioso of tlic 

 ]>yiiidium generally uniting to form a wavy line. 



The sternum is thickly clothed with lon^ tawny hair, and 

 the vertex of tiie head and apex of the pygidiuni bear a few 

 similar hairs. 



The body ia stout and convex, not long, widest near the 

 extremity. The head is densely rugose and opaque, and the 

 clypeus transverse and very gently curved at the front 

 margin. The pron.olum is minutely punctured, rather densely 

 at the sides but more scantily on the disc; it is entirely 

 margined, the sides are rounded, the hind angles well marked, 

 and the base rather prominent in the middle. The scutellum 

 is scarcely punctured, but generally bears an impressed line 

 on each side. The elytra are deeply and rather evenly 

 sulcate internally, less deeply and more irregularly punctate- 

 striate externally. The pygidiuni is finely and densely 

 punctate-rugose. The mesosternuni is not ])roduced, the 

 front tibia is bidentate, and the larger claw of the front and 

 middle tarsi is cleft. 



The male has the body shorter, the front tibial teeth 

 sharper, the front tarsi thickened, and the larger claw very 

 broad. The longer spur of the hind tibia is slender and 

 clubbed at the end. 



Length 14-16 mm. ; lat. max. 8-9'5 mm. 



Hab. Sikkim: Kurseong (6000 ft.— ^. A. cVAhreu, 

 R. P. Verschraegheti) ; Mungphu (^Atkinson) ; Darjeeliu"" 

 {Ilarmand). 



Anomala projnnqua, sp. n. 



Cupreo-castanea, elytris paulo pallidioribus, pygidio abdomineque 

 subtus utrinque flavido-spilotis, capite, pectore pjgidiique apice 

 fulvo-pubesccntibus ; corpore modice elongato, convexo, postice 

 lato ; capite crcbre rugoso, opaco ; clypeo antice leviter arcuate, 

 reflexo ; prothorace omnino marginato, subtiliter j)unctato, 

 lateribus crebre punctatis, medio angulatis, angulis posticis 

 acutis, baseos medio sat lobato ; scutello irregulariter punctato, 

 utrinque breviter inciso ; elytris profunda geminato-striatis ; 

 costis 4 elevatis formantibus, intcrvallis irregulariter grosse 



