NEOCOLLYRIS. 



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large not strongly narrowed behind, with the eyes rather promi- 

 nent, forehead deeply excavate between the eyes with strong 

 frontal sulci ; antennae pitchy, ferruginous 

 in the middle ; pronotuui long, deeply im- 

 pressed and constricted at the base, rather 

 strongly dilated before the base, pronotal 

 collum short and not abrupt, apical margin 

 strongly reflexed, underside pilose, and 

 with scattered punctures ; elytra parallel- 

 sided, deeply and closely punctured, the 

 punctuation being somewhat rugose in 

 the middle, and more elongate and less 

 marked at apex ; a dark red stripe behind 

 the shoulders and a short irregular reddish 

 patch at about the middle are sometimes 

 present, but these are often quite obsolete ; 

 femora mostly red, tibia? dark, tarsi dark, 

 except the posterior pair, which, are light 

 yellow, except the last joint and the claws ; 

 metasternum plainly punctured ; apophysal 

 processes of female consisting of two 

 parallel points proceeding directly from 

 the apex of the last ventral segment. 

 Length 14-15 millim. 

 Assam : Sibsagar (Peal) ; Burma : Tharawaddy, Taung-ngu, 

 Eangoon, Karen Hills, Pegu ; Tenasserim (Wood- Mason); Siam ; 

 Malacca ; Sumatra ; Borneo. 



This species resembles N. bonelli, but is larger and may be 

 known by its more deeply excavate forehead, more prominent 

 eyes, less slender thorax, more deeply and rugosely punctured 

 elytra, and the pale colour of the posterior tarsi ; the latter 

 character will at once superficially distinguish it from the above- 

 named species, as well as from N. ntfijialpis, to which it is also 

 closely allied ; the latter species, moreover, has the elytra more 

 closely punctured and without the distinct elongate punctures at 

 the apex. 



Fig. 110, 



Neocollyris cruentata. 



25. Neocollyris lesnei, W. Horn. 



Collyris lesnci, W. Horn, Ann. Mus. Genova. 1893, p. 374. 



Elongate, rather narrow, with the front parts cyaneous and the 

 elytra blue with a violaceous or greenish reflection ; labrum large 

 and smooth, with the five central teeth even and blunt, and two 

 sharper ones lying further back ; head broad, with prominent 

 eyes, narrower behind in the male, with the front broadly ex- 

 cavate, the frontal sulci being deep and more or less approximate 

 behind, and the space between only slightly convex ; pronotum 

 strongly constricted at the base, then dilated and rounded and 

 gradually narrowed into a short pronotal collum, the apex rather 



