NEOCOLLYRIS. 



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" The colour of the legs, which is very constant, will distinguish 

 this species from its nearest allies ; it is very variable in size, 

 colour, and also, to a certain extent, in the shape of the pronotutn 

 and in the sculpture of the elytra." 



30. Neocollyris saphyrina, Chaud, 



Collyris saphyrina, Chaudoir, Bull. Soc. Moscou, 1850, p, 18 ; id., 



Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1864, p. 498, pi. 7, fig. 5. 

 2 Collyris boysii, Chaudoir, op. cit. 1860, p. 288. 



Allied to N. fuscitarsis, from which it may be known by its 

 average larger size, the much stronger and more rugose punc- 

 tuation of the elytra, the dark tibia?, and the more slender 

 pronotum which has a longer collum, and has hardly any traces 



of rugose stria?; the antenna?, are dark at the base, with the 

 central joints dark and ringed distinctly with red, and the apical 

 joints fuscous or reddish fuscous ; the sterna are very finely 

 punctured. 



The female differs from the male in having the antenna? 

 somewhat shorter, the head less narrowed behind, the eyes 

 less prominent, and the thorax a little broader; it was de- 

 scribed at first by Chaudoir as another species ; the differences 

 are not striking. 



Length 17-18 millim. 



Nepal; Sikkim: Pedong, Mungphu; Assam, 



Fig. 113. — Neocollyris saphyrina. 



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