Anoniala//o??i Southern India. 479 



tliorax is extremely finely and sparsely punctured, with a 

 few iurp^er punctures at the side3. 'i'he lateral margins are 

 anf;ulated befoie the middle and the base is subtruncate 

 bel'ore the scutellum, which is very finely and irregularly 

 punctured. The elytra are deeply striated, the strife strongly 

 punctured, the interstices convex, the tit'th liaving only a tew 

 irregular punctures along the middle. Tiie j)ygidiuni is very 

 sniootli, with minute and scanty punctures. The meso- 

 sternal process is slender, strongly curved and not compressed. 



I have seen only three males. 



This is the smallest species of this very closely connected 

 group. It is almost identical in colouring with A. degenerata, 

 but the pygidium and sides of the pronotum are much more 

 finely punctured. The basal lobe of the thorax is veiy short 

 and truncate, and may even appear to be almost cmarginate 

 when seen at a certain angle. The fifth interstice of the 

 elytra has only an incomplete row of punctures. 



Anomala {Spilota) ocuUcolUs, sp. n. 



Saturate viridi-purpurea, metallica, clypci frontisque medio non- 

 nunquam, prothoracis lateribus (puiicto clongato centrali excepto) 

 liucaque mcdiana plerumquc, elytris (marginibus fascia mediana 

 comruuui luaculisque indetermiiiatis anticis et posticis fuscis 

 exceptis) pygidiique linea mediana flavis, femoribus posticis 

 abdoraineque plus miuusvo pallidis ; corpore brevi, pygidii 

 lateribus corporeque subtua flavo-pilosis, capita rugoso, pro- 

 tliorace, scutello pygidioque minute sat parce punctatis ; eljtrL^ 

 profundo punctato-striatis ; mesosterno breviter producto. 



Long. 10-ia mm. ; lat. max. 6-7*5 mm. 



Hah. I\1adura: Shembaganur (P. c7« i?ye«i7) ; Teichino- 

 POLI {R. F. J. Ca-tets). 



Dt.ep metallic greenish-purple, with the sides of the pro- 

 notum (with the exception of an elongate spot) and generally 

 a narrow incorai)lete median line, the elytra (u'ith the excep- 

 tion of the sutural, external, and posterior edges, a common 

 median transverse fascia produced a little forwards at the 

 middle of each elytron, and variable markings near the ante- 

 rior and posterior margins, wdiich are black or dark brown), 

 and a median longitudinal line upon the pygidium pale 

 testaceous. The hind femora, abdomen, and sometimes the 

 tibiae are variegated with yellow. 



It is a small compact species, with the prothorax propor- 

 tionally rather long. The clypeus is rather narrow, with the 

 forehead densely punctate-rugose. The pronotuin is shining 

 and very finely and sparsely puiictured. The sides are gently 



