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14. Neocollyris maindroni, W. Horn. 



Neocollyris maindroni, W. Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1905, 

 p. 204. 



Closely allied to N. parvula } from which it differs in having the 

 last joint of the antennae longer, the central longitudinal portion 

 of the forehead indistinctly dilated behind (the sulci not being 

 parallel as in C. parvula), the pronotum longer and much nar- 

 rower, the pronotal collum longer and more cylindrical, and the 

 elytra shorter and a little more finely sculptured. The species 

 has the shortest elytra in proportion to the relatively longest 

 pronotum in its group. 



Length 9-10 millim. 



Madras : Walladi in Travancore, ]\ T ilgiri Hills (H. Leslie 

 Andreiues). 



The specimen from the Nilgiri Hills is of a dark greenis) 

 colour, and not cyaneous. 



15. Neocollyris kollari, W. Horn. 



Neocollyris koilari, W. Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1001, p. 47. 



Allied to 2V. parvuia, from which species it differs in having the 

 head a little more ample, with the vertex less triangular, and 

 the forehead level in front and much more deeply and widely 

 excavate ; the pronotum is shorter and broader, less parallel- 

 sided behind, and more plainly constricted in front, the pronotal 

 collum being rather long and narrow ; the upper surface is obso- 

 letely striolate transversely and moderately punctured at the 

 sides ; the episterna of the pronotum are very finely striate at 

 the sides and rather coarsely punctured near the coxae ; the elytra 

 are much shorter than in i\ 7 . parvula, and a little broader, espe- 

 cially behind, with the shoulders more rectangular, and the 

 sculpture very slightly closer and coarser ; the tibiae and tarsi 

 are cyaneous. 



The pronotum is not so strongly narrowed in front of the 

 posterior dilatation as in C. variicornis and is consequently not 

 so evidently lagenoid or flask-shaped ; it differs also from the 

 latter species in other particulars. 



Length 9 millim. 



Central India. 



16. Neocollyris variicornis, Chaud. 



Collyris variicornis, Chaudoir, Aim. Soc. Ent. France, 1864, p. 530. 

 Var. Collyris Jiavolabiata, W. Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1892, 

 p. 366. 



Var. Collyris yestroi, W. Horn, Ann. Mus. Henova, 1893, p. 380. 

 Cyaneous, with the elytra cyaneous, greenish bronze, or coppery 



