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strongly reflexed, the upper surface almost smooth ; elytra 

 rather strongly, closely, and evenly punctured, much as in A. rufi- 

 palpis, Chaud., with only slight traces of rugose sculpture, apex 

 comparatively smooth, apical margin truncate with the external 

 angle sharp ; the antennse have the first and second joints and the 

 base of the third cyaneous, the rest being entirely yellowish red; 

 legs with the femora and trochanters red, the rest dark ; all the 

 sterna plainly punctured. 



Length 13-14 millim. 



Burma : Karen Hills. 



26. Neocollyris similis, Lesne. 



Collyris similis, Lesne, Bull. >Soc. Ent. France, 1891, p. 55; id., 

 op. cit. 1895, p. 292, fig. 2. 



Allied to C. lesnei, from which it differs in having the elytra 

 more parallel-sided, giving it a somewhat more linear appearance, 

 the pronotum a little more rounded before the basal constriction, 

 and the pronotal collum slightly more marked ; the antennas are 

 mostly dark and the projections or teeth of the last abdominal 

 segment of the female are smaller; the metasternum is less 

 strongly punctured ; the punctuation of the elytra is somewhat 

 coarser and shows rather more traces of rugosity. 



Length 13-14 millim. 



M auras : Nilgiri Hills; Assam: Perak. 



Both this and the preceding species may be easily known from 

 G. bonelli and its var. ortygia, which they superficially resemble, 

 by the shape of the head, which is much more widely and deeply 

 excavate, much more constricted behind, and has the eyes con- 

 siderably more prominent. 



I am much obliged to Dr. Horn for sending me for inspection 

 typical examples of this and the preceding species. 



In the Deutsche Ent. Zeit. 1904, p. 83, Dr. Horn publishes 

 further differences between A. similis and A. lesnei. The former 

 of these, he says, has a less triangular head, and the pronotum is 

 less conical (with the sides more rounded), tapering and somewhat 

 broader in front ; the difference of breadth is especially noticeable 

 on the middle third ; the short projecting processes at the apex of 

 the last abdominal segment of the female are of the same general 

 character in both species, but in A. similis they are less divergent 

 and their whole conformation is narrower. 



.'27. Neocollyris rufipalpis, Chaud. 



Collyris rufipalpis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1804, p. 504 ; 



W. Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1892, p. 357 ; id., op. cit. 1897, 



p. 50 ; id., Ann. Mus. Geuova, 1893, p. 374. 

 Collyris obscura, Lesne, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1891, p. 55 ; id., 



op. cit. 1895, p. 292, fig. 1. 



Very variable in colour, blue, cyaneous, or bright green, with or 



