24G • Mr. G. J. Arrow on 



convex. Tlie clypeus is broad and coarsely rugose, the 

 foreliead strongly punctured, the pronotum coarsely and 

 densely at the sides and a little more finely in the middle, the 

 scutellum very minutely and the elytra densely and inegu- 

 larly, leaving only a narrow smooth sutural strip and slight 

 vestiges of two or three others upon each. The pygidium 

 is strongly and thickly punctured, the punctures becoming 

 confluent at the sides, and the lower surface of the body is 

 smooth in the middle and rugose and hairy at the sides. The 

 mesosternal process is very short but sharp, and the front 

 tibiae {in the female) have a long blunt terminal tooth and a 

 feeble upper one. 



It is very closely related to M. chrysojrrasa, Hope, of 

 Borneo and the Malay Peninsula^ but a little smaller, with 

 the prothorax rather less strongly punctured, the scutellum 

 more minutely, the pygidium punctured instead of finely 

 granulated, and the femora and tibige of a rather darker 

 shade. 



The two females in the British Museum were collected by 

 the late W. Doherty. 



Atimela pyriformis, sp, n. 



Tiridi-metallica, corporis supra marginibus externis omnibus an- 

 guste flavescentibus, corpora subtus, pedibus antennisque testaceis 

 leviter vuidi-micantibus ; corpore supra densissime punctato, 

 pygidio minute granulate et setoso, elytris postice dilatatis ; 

 processu mesosternali acutissimo, tibiis anticis bidentatis, dente 

 superiore minuto, acuto. 



Long. 23 mm. ; lat. max. 14 mm. 



Hah. Assam, Naga Hills. 



This insect has a peculiar pear-shaped outline, producing an 

 approximation to the curious form of M. sericea, Ohaus, but 

 it is larger and more convex and much less opaque. 



It is metallic green, slightly shining, with the outer margins 

 of the clypeus, prothorax, and elytra, the lower surface, legs, 

 and antennce testaceous, with a greenish reflection. The 

 head is rugosely punctured, the punctures almost obliterated 

 upon the clypeus ; the pronotum is very densely punctured, 

 the scutellum moderately, the elytra densely and uniformly, 

 with a smooth juxta- sutural line and an almost obliterated 

 dorsal one. The outer edges of the elytra are nearly straight 

 and diverge slightly for almost their whole length, so that 

 their greatest breadth is very little before the extremity. 

 Thej are long and slope rather gradually at the hinder part. 

 The pygidium is short and broad, finely granulated and 



