HELOTA FROM BURMA 887 
lobe rounded and with a small impression; the disk strongly 
and regularly closely punctured, with the usual raised nearly 
impunctate patches, viz. a mesial forked one, extending from the 
base on to the front margin, an elongate slightly oblique basal 
one on each side of the former, and an ovate one in front of 
the oblique basal patches. The scutellum is small, slightly trans- 
verse, impressed along the middle. The sterna are nearly im- 
punctate ; laterally, however, a few minute punctures are present. 
Elytra slightly narrowing in straight lines, more abruptly so 
in a sinuate manner at some distance before the apices which 
are dehiscent at the suture and rather narrowly pointed; each 
elytron with ten regular, punctured striae of which the 4" and 
5 are interrupted by the yellow convex spots and are not con- 
tinued behind the posterior ones; the shoulders are impunctate ; 
the punctures of the 5" and following striae are distinctly larger 
than those of the 1 to 4; the interstices between the 18 and 
5° striae are rather broad and slightly convex, those between 
the 5 and 10" narrow and costiform, and alternately more 
strongly raised as well as extending farther backward; the in- 
terstice between the 2"° and 3" striae becomes costiform towards 
the end and extends on to the extreme tip of the tails; the 
epipleurae are smooth, with a few indistinct punctures along 
the raised inner margin. 
Abdomen smooth, with a few minute hair-bearing punctures 
along the middle; the last ventral segment broadly truncate 
posteriorly and with a shallow semi-oval impression which is as 
broad as the faintly bisinuate hinder margin. 
The legs are smooth and impunctate. 
This interesting species, which I dedicate to its captor , 
Mr. L. Fea, the zealous explorer of Burma, belongs to the same 
division as Vigorsi, M. L., scintillans, Oll., Servillei, Hope, lon- 
gipes, Rits., Oberthùri, Rits. and Fairmairez, Rits., on account of 
its elytra being regularly punctate-striate all over (ten regular 
striae on each elytron) in connection with the raised, nearly 
impunctate patches on the pronotum. From the group to which 
the 1st and 2° species belong, Helota Feae differs in having the 
