ITALIA. 



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which are somewhat larger, presumably females, have the extreme 

 apices of the elytra brown. Scutellum pitch-brown. 



Head brown, with vertex impunctate ; interocular space with 

 a faintly impressed V-shaped mark. Antennae extending a little 

 distance beyond the base of the pronotum ; first segment large 

 and club-shaped, second thicker but not longer than third, fourth 

 about equal in length to fifth ; from thence the segments are 

 gradually thickened and more hairy, forming an elongated club. 

 ProthorcLv broader than long, convex, front margin straight, 

 posterior margin widely arched, sides more or less straight, 

 anterior lateral angles thickened and oblique, posterior rounded ; 

 surface very finely and not very closely punctate. Scutellum 

 triangular, broader than long, smooth and impunctate. Elytra 

 confusedly and strongly punctate, the punctures being much 

 stronger than those on the pronotum. 



In the smaller specimens, presumably males, the posterior tibiae 

 have the spinules on their outer edges more marked than in i he 

 larger examples, but in both sexes the tibia is somewhat bent and 

 the outer edge of the apical curved end bears a series of minute 

 spinules. In the males the front and middle tarsi are sumewhat 

 larger. 



Length of $ , 2| mm. ; of 6 , 2 mm. 



Ceylon: Bogawantalawa, 4900-5200 ft., 21. iii-4. iv. 1882 

 (G. Lewis); Dikoya, 3800-4200 ft., 6. xii. 1881-16. i. 1882 (G. 

 Lewis). 



Type in the British JVluseum. 



246. Ivalia metallica, Jacoby. 



Ivalia metallica, Jac, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1887, p. 100. 



In the shape of the body, in the pointed apical end of the 

 elytra, and in other structural characters generally this species 

 resembles /. viridipennis, Jac, but the coloration is different. 

 The four basal segments of the antennae are brown ; the under- 

 side and legs pitch-black ; the seven apical segments of the 

 antennae black ; pronotum metallic blue-green ; elytra metallic 

 purplish or cupreous ; scutellum black. 



Mead with vertex impunctate, frontal tubercles obsolete, with 

 a V-shaped impression on the interocular space and an oblique 

 impressed line on each side behind the eye. Antennae extending 

 only a little behind the base of the pronotum ; first segment 

 long and club-shaped, second thicker but not longer than third, 

 fourth shorter than third and about equal in length to fifth ; 

 after this the segments are gradually thickened, forming an 

 elongate club. Prothorax broader than long, sides straight, 

 anterior lateral angles thickened; surface convex, finely and not 

 very closely punctate; besides this punctuation the whole surface, 

 seen under a high power, shows fine granulation. Scutellum 

 triangular, broader than long, its surface smooth and impunctate. 



