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12. Neocollyris linearis, Sehm.-Goeh. 



Collyris linearis, Schmidt-Goebel, Faun. Col. Birm. 1846, p. 15 ; 



YV. Horn, Ann. Mus. Genova, 1893, p. 379. 

 Var. Collyris srnkce, W. Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1894, p. lo. 



A long narrow species, green or greenish cyaneons ; head long, 

 labrum large, whitish testaceous in the middle with the sides 



dark, but variable ; impression between 

 the eyes deep, sulci parallel ; antennae 

 rufescent, darker towards apex, slightly 

 thickened ; vertex very long, smooth 

 and shining ; pronotum very long and 

 slender, rather deeply constricted before 

 the base, intermediate portion slightly 

 rounded at the sides, pronotal collum 

 rather long, more or less distinct from 

 the hinder portion ; upper surface very 

 finely striate in front, smooth and 

 shining behind, underside very spar- 

 ingly pilose, with scattered punctures ; 

 metasternum variable in punctuation ; 

 elytra with or without a light band in 

 centre, long, parallel-sided, strongly 

 and evenly punctured, somewhat ru- 

 gosely in the middle, the apex almost 

 impunctate ; legs variable, entirely 

 reddish testaceous, or more or less 

 pitchy. 



Length 10-13 millim 

 Neocolly 'ris linearis. Assam ; Burma : Maymyo, Pegu ; 



Saigon ; Siam. 



Occasionally, according to Dr. Horn, the white patch of the 

 labrum is smaller, and there is a very fine reddish line along 

 the lateral border of the elytra behind the shoulder, which is 

 more or less marked. The colour of the legs is very variable. 



Yar. srnkas, W. Horn. 



This variety differs from the type in its narrower pronotum, 

 which is almost linear in some specimens and shows very small 

 traces of a distinct pronotal collum ; the colour of the elytra is 

 coppery green, and they are a little more finely punctured towards 

 the base ; the legs are entirely reddish testaceous with the upper 

 surface of the femora darker, but this may be variable. 



Length 10-11 millim. 



Burma. : Pegu District, &c, Ruby Mines (Doherty) ; China. 



Collyris ^linearis, Chaud., may be a different insect from this 

 species and appears to be only a variety of C. parvula, differing 

 chiefly in the colour of the labrum and legs. 



The var. tenuicomis (Chaud., Ann. Soc. Ent. Prance, 1864, 



