Rnteh'ne Cohoptera of Ceylon, 357 



strinto-punctutis; pygidiogros.se punctate ; tibiiaanticistridentatis, 

 dente supero obtuse. 

 Long. 12-5-13'5 mm. ; lat. max. G-7 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon : Peradeuiya [E. E. Green, Oct. and Nov. 

 1910) ; Thavancore {N. Annandale) : Pallode (20 miles 

 N.E. of Trivandrum), Maddathoray, Tenmalai (W. slopes of 

 Western Ghats). 



Pale testaceous, witli the clypens and tarsi red, the head, 

 the suture and posterior margins of tlic elytra, and an oblique 

 mark on each side of the pronotum near the 1)asc bhick. 

 Tiie sutural stripe is generally dilated around the scutelluni, 

 and iu well-marked individuals there is an additional black 

 mark upon the apical callus of each elytron. In pale 

 specimens the thoracic marks disappear. 



The shape is elongate-oval and the whole body is very 

 smooth and shining, with very scanty hail's beneath. The 

 clypens is glossy and almost unpunctured, with its sides 

 convergent to tlie point of flexure, the median carina very 

 sharp, and the rostrum short, with the front margin rounded. 

 The forehead is finely and closely punctm-ed. The pronotum 

 is broad, convex, moderately finely and closely punctured, 

 and gently rounded at the sides. The scutellum bears a 

 few punctures and the elytra are regularly and moderately 

 strongly striate- punctate, the second row of punctures 

 breaking up in its anterior half. The pygidium is deeply 

 and coarsely punctured, the metasternum coarsely punctured 

 and thinly hairy. The front tibia is tridentate, the upper- 

 most tooth b( ing very obtuse and feeble. The larger claw of 

 the front foot is cleft. 



The extremity of the front tibia is sharper in the male, 

 but the two sexes otherwise differ little. 



This species closely resembles R. sutwalis, Kraatz, but is 

 rather larger and may be easily distinguished by its smooth 

 shining clypeus. 



Anomala chloromela, sp. n. 



Laeto viridis, clypeo, pronoti lateribus, elytrisque pallidioribus, 

 corpore subtus pedibusque aureo-rufis, metasterni lateribus tibiis- 

 que extus plus miuusve viridibus ; late ovalis, convexa, nitida, 

 pectore breviter pubescenti ; clypeo lato, antics fere recto, rugose 

 punctate, froute dense punctate ; pronoto sat crebre punctato j 

 scutello paulo punctato ; elytris parum dense aut profuude punc- 

 tatis, auguste membranaceo-marginatis ; pygidio minute irregu- 

 lariter punctato ; metasterni lateribus crebre punctatis, medio 

 polite, mesosterno breviter acute producto. 



Long. 17-18 mm.; lat. max. 10-10-5 mm. 



Ann. d) Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. viii. 24 



