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GTCINDELIDvE. 



entirely cyaneous, or with the first joint of the intermediate and 

 posterior pairs brownish ; pronotal collmn less abrupt and a little 

 stouter. 



Length 13-16 millim. 



Ceylon : Colombo, Morawak, Ivorale, Kandy. 

 Tar. continentalis, W. Horn. 



This variety differs from the type in having the central part of 

 the forehead narrower, with the orbits striolate ; the pronotum 

 is a little shorter and thicker (the anterior collum being plainly 

 shorter and less narrowed), much less striated on its upper surface 

 (the hinder part of the disc being almost smooth), and with the 

 base more strongly strangulate at the sides ; the sculpture of the 

 elytra before the apex is a little more confluent longitudinally ; 

 the episterna of the prosternum are less transversely striated, and, 

 together with the episterna of the mesosternum, are more scantily 

 and coarsely punctured ; the sculpture of the metasternum, the 

 posterior coxae and the abdomen is closer and in part coarser, and 

 the lateral anterior angle of the metasternum is punctured ; the 

 colour of the body is olive-bronze with the femora red. 



From the var. lerfior it differs in the somewhat narrower central 

 portion of the forehead and the evidently striated orbits of the 

 eyes, the shorter and smoother pronotum which is more thickened 

 behind, the finer sculpture of the elytra and the more pronounced 

 longitudinal sculpture at the apex, the coarser punctuation of the 

 pro- and mesosternum, and the thicker sculpture of the meta- 

 sternum and the posterior coxae. 



Length 16-17 millim. (15 mm. sine labro). 



Madeas : Wallardi in Travancore (Maindrori). 



35. Neocollyris nilgiriea, sp. n. 



A slender and graceful species, of a greenish bronze colour, 

 with long legs and long filiform antennae which are not thickened 

 towards the apex ; labrum large with the centre testaceous, palpi 

 black ; head rather large, with very large rotundate eyes which 

 are moderately prominent, the space between the eyes broad and 

 deeply depressed, with a fovea in the centre of the depression 

 and with the supra- orbital striae not strongly marked, the vertex 

 long behind the eyes with the surface smooth but with traces of 

 transverse striae, genae rounded ; pronotum long, slender, mode- 

 rately dilated behind, strongly sulcate before the base, and 

 gradually narrowed in front into a rather long and slender neck 

 which is somewhat widened and reflexed in front ; the whole 

 surface is transversely striate and on each side there is distinct 

 long scanty whitish pubescence ; elytra long and comparatively 

 narrow, with the shoulders not marked, of a more distinct greenish 

 bronze colour than the front parts, with a yellowish transverse 

 patch on each about middle reaching from the margins towards 

 the suture, distinctly and fairly evenly punctured throughout,, 

 the punctures being slightly rugose about the middle ; legs very 



