Aiioinala//o»j Sikkim, Xurlh India. 83 



nililtlle, tlie tibiae ami tarsi are copper-coloured, and the apical 

 tooth of the {'rout tibia is ratlier blunt. 



This VI one of the small species having evident relationship 

 to PopilUa but difrering in the absence of einargination to 

 the pronotum in front of the scutcUum. 



Anomala (^CaUistethus) tumidlcauda, sp. n. 



Late rufo-aurantiaca, corpore subtus pedibusque viridi-aineis, capite 

 et prothorace supra igneo-micantibus, hujus lateribus anguste 

 purpureo-raaculatis pygidioque leviter viridi-sutFuso : oblonga, 

 polita, modice couvexa, corporesubtus grisco-hirto ; capite, pronoto 

 scutelloque politissimis, subtilissirae punctulatis ; clypeo lato, 

 antrorsum leviter contracto, margine antico fera recto, modice 

 reflexo ; pronoto sat lato, antico contracto, lateribus vix arcuatis, 

 ante medium angulatis, angulis anticis aculissimis, posticis fere 

 rectis, basi immarginato, medio late lobato ; elytria minute 

 punctatis, punctis uonnuUis biscriatis, lateribus vix explanatis ; 

 pygidio Icevissimo, apice conico, parcissime birto ; processu 

 mesosternali gracili, acuto, curvato, metasterno lateraliter dense 

 punctato, medio Igevi ; tibiis anticis bidentatis, pedum 4 anti- 

 corum ungue raajori fisso. 



Long. l-l:-16-5 mm. ; lat. max. 7-8'5 mm. 



■ ITab. SiKKIM : Darjeeling (Fruhslorfer, Harmand) ; Kur- 

 seong («iOOO it. — d'Abreu). 



Reddish orange, with the legs and lower surface metallic 

 green, the head, prothorax, and scutellum suffused with 

 crimson or golden red, and the pygidium v,-ith a pale greenish 

 lustre, and the lateral margins of the prothorax having a 

 narrow patch of a deep violet colour. 



The body is oblong, very smooth and shining, and mode- 

 rately convex. The head, pronotum, and scutellum are 

 extremely smooth, with scarcely perceptible punctures ; the 

 clypeus is broad, narrowed slightly to the front margin, 

 wiiich is nearly straight and gently reflexed, and the clypeal 

 suture is well marked and nearly straight. The [)ronotum is 

 broad at the base and strongly narrowed to the front, with 

 the sides scarcely curved, but feebly angulated before the 

 middle, the front angles very acute, the hind angles almost 

 right angles, the base rather prominent in the middle and not 

 margined. The elytra are smooth and very minutely punc- 

 tured, some of the punctures forming double rows upon the 

 outer part. The outer margins are slightly flattened behind 

 the shoulders for less than one-third of their lengtli. The 

 pygidium is extremely smooth and glossy and conicaliy 

 j)rotuberant before the extremity, and there are a very few 

 erect hairs in its hinder part. The mesosternal process is 



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