244 Mr. G. J. Arrow on 



This species very closely resembles M. horsjieldi, Hope, in 

 its form, colouring, and puncturation, but is generally rather 

 smaller. It is less regularly oval in shape, and the form of 

 the prosternal process, mesosternum, and front tibiae are 

 quite different. In addition the eyes are larger, the head 

 much more strongly sculptured, the pronotura has a deep 

 median groove, and its sides are more convex and not 

 strongly punctured. 



Mimela atkinsoniy sp. n. 



Parva, ovata, sat globosa, polita, omnino brunneo-senea, corpore 

 supra subtiliter punctato, clypeo paulo rugoso, prothorace sat 

 angusto, sequaliter punctato, baud sulcato ; pedibus brevibus, 

 posticis crassis, tibiis anticis leviter bidentatis ; mesosterno baud 

 producto. 



Long. 13 mm. ; lat. max. 8 mm. 



Hah. Pegu, Tenasserim. 



Collected by the late E. T. Atkinson. 



Very shining deep metallic olive-green above and below, 

 except the antenna, which are deep red. The form is oval, 

 convex, and rather globular, the head relatively rather large, 

 and tlie legs short, the hind legs very thick and the femora 

 strongly arched. The clypeus is strongly and almost 

 rugosely punctured, the forehead and prothorax rather closely, 

 but a little less closely at the sides of the latter, the scutellum 

 very sparingly. The elytra are minutely punctured in nearly 

 regular longitudinal lines, of which the innermost are strongly 

 impressed at the posterior margins. The pygidium is rather 

 deeply but not closely punctured, the lower surface of the 

 body almost smooth. The presternum is large and the 

 mesosternum not produced. The front tibiae are bidentate, 

 and the upper tooth is minute and obtuse in the male and 

 rather more marked in the female. 



In the type ( ^ ) specimen the outer margins of the elytra 

 have a rosy tint which I have not seen in others. 



In colouring, sculpture, the compact form, and the structure 

 of the hind legs M. atkinsoni very nearly approaches 

 M. exci'sipes, B-eitter, but it is smaller, more globose, and a 

 little less strongly punctured, the sculpture of the sides of the 

 pronotum in particular not being rugose. 



There are specimens in the British Museum and in 

 Dr. Ohaus's collection, all of them collected by the late E. T. 

 Atkinson. 



