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Subtus subtile rugosa^ segmento abdominis 2°, j°, 4° que posticis, 

 Isevibus^ ultimo vermtculato ; pedibus grosse et confertim punctatis, 

 —Long., 37 ; lat., 14 mm. 



Oblong, convex, posteriorly attenuate ; thorax and elytra dull green> 

 thoracic punctures and foveae of elytra bronzy ; beneath bronzy, edges 

 of abdominal segments cyaneous black ; antennae black ; legs bronzy. 



Head finely rugose between the eyes, the top finely and longi- 

 tudinally wrinkled. Pronotum convex, at its base not quite twice as 

 broad as long, anterior margin slightly sinuate, sides arcuate above 

 the posterior angles, then straight ; posterior angles, subacute ; base 

 with a large median and angular lobe surmounted by a large fovea; 

 surface rugose, the rugosities punctured and irregularly vermiculated ; 

 on each side of it at the anterior margin, in the anterior angles, is a 

 small fovea. Elytra convex, much wider than the thorax at the 

 shoulders, nearly twice as long as wide, very largely and rugosely 

 punctured, each with four raised lines and four rows of foveae, of 

 sub-quadrangulate form ; a fifth row, of small and more numerous 

 foveae, occurs between the fourth raised line and the lateral margin; 

 sides slightly sinuate above the middle, apex rounded, base with 

 a large fovea. Beneath finely rugose, pubescent in irregular patches 

 the last abdominal segment rugosely vermiculated. Legs densely 

 and rugosely punctured. Length, 18 ; breadth, 7 lines. 



Habitat : — District of Dehra Ismail Khan ; very destructive to 

 melon and cotton crops. 



I dedicate this very beautiful species, which is to be placed near 

 J . seneipeSi Saund., to the memory of the late and regretted Mr. 

 Atkinson. 



[The specimens f I om which this species is described, were furnished, in June 1895, by the 

 Deputy Commissioner, Dehra Ismail Khan, through the Directori Land Records and Agricul- 

 ture, Punjab, as causing considerable damage to Cotton and Melon crops in the Lieah Tahsi 

 of Dehra Ismail Khan.— E. B.] 



