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Deep green, with the legs and lower surface metallic, au'l 

 the upper surface non-metallic but with a very faint rosy 

 roflection, generally visible at least in the anterior part. 

 The head and prothorax are finely and rather closely punc- 

 tured, the clypeus almost rugoseiy. The scutellum has a 

 few very ininute punctures and the elytra are lightly and 

 thinly punctured, in rows, the subsutural interstice being 

 irregularly punctured. The pygidium is finely punctured — 

 a little more strongly at the sides. The mesosternum is not 

 produced in front of the coxae. 



cJ . The front tibia has a rather long blunt apical tooth, 

 but only a vestige of a lateral one. 



? . Tiie front tibia is distinctly bidentate. 



This species is very closely related to M. downesi, Hope, 

 but that is almost entirely devoid of puncturation upon the 

 upper surface. 



Miniela ohausi, sp. n. 



Laete viridi-metallica, capitis medio, prouoto utrinque, elytri utrius- 

 que vitta externa aliaque media, fomorum 4 posteriorum medio, 

 segmcntorum abdominalium lateribus pygidiique apice igneo- 

 rufis, scutello coeruleo ; capite crebre rugoso, postiee fortiter 

 punctato, prothorace, scutello, elytris pygidioque leviter ac sparse 

 puuctulatis ; mesosterno baud producto, tibiis auticis utriusque 

 sexns fortiter bidentatis. 



Var. tola violacea. 



Long. 14-5 mm. ; lat. max. 8 mm. 



Hah. Assam, Tonkin, Yunnan. 



Bright metallic green, with a deep blue scutellum and 

 fiery-red patches on the head, each side of the pronotum, tlie 

 end of the pygidium, the four posterior femora and the sides of 

 the ventral segments, and a discoidal and lateral stripe on each 

 elytron. It is a small species of elongate-oval shape. The 

 head is closely and finely rugose in front and strongly punc- 

 tured on the vertex, the pronotum and scutellum very thinly 

 and minutely punctured and the former deeply channelled 

 filong the middle and rather inflated on each side. The 

 elytra are very lightly punctured, some of the punctures 

 forming double rows. The pygidium has a few moderately 

 strong punctures. The prosternal process is narrow and not 

 very prominent, and the mesosternum is not produced. The 

 front tibiie are strongly bidentate in both sexes. 



In the female the apical tooth of the front tibia is longer 

 and blunter and the club of the antenna rather shorter than 

 in the male. The only female I have seen is a specimen of 

 a deep violet colour in the collection of Dr. Ohaus. 



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