NEOCOLLYRIS. 



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the same, and the longer and more slender fifth joint of the 

 antenna?. The specimens I have seen appear to be more closely 

 related to JV. crassicomis than to JV. subclavata, but the two last- 

 mentioned insects ought probably to be referred to one species. 



Length 16-19 millim. 



Andaman Islands. 



38. Neocollyris orichalcina, W. Horn. 



Colly vis orichalcina^ 7 . Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1896, p. 149. 



Bronze-black, with a more or less strong coppery reflection on 

 the elytra ; head narrowly but deeply excavate, with the frontal 

 sulci rather short, and the space between 

 them only slightly raised, labrum gently 

 rounded, vertex large and smooth, sub- 

 quadrate, rounded behind the eyes ; 

 antennae thickened, dark at the base, 

 reddish towards the apex ; pronotum 

 almost smooth, with indistinct traces of 

 transverse striae, rather strongly con- 

 stricted before the base, then gradually 

 widened and conical, passing into a short 

 and indistinct pronotal collum, anterior 

 margin moderately strongly reflexed, 

 underside very finely and remotely 

 punctured; elytra subparallel-sidecl, with 

 the shoulders strongly marked, rectan- 

 gular, the punctuation in front moderately 

 strong but scanty, in the middle very 

 strong and rugose, with the interstices 

 raised, behind the middle strong and 

 pi g- ii7. close, towards apex finer; femora red, 



Neocollyris orichalcina. anterior and intermediate tibiae and tarsi 

 dark, apex of the posterior tibiae and the 

 posterior tarsi, except the last joint, testaceous or reddish testa- 

 ceous, the rest of the posterior tibiae being dark or dark reddish : 

 the colour, however, of the legs is somewhat obscure and variable; 

 metasternum only punctured towards the posterior angle. 

 Length 14-16 millim. 



Madras : Nilgiri Hills {II. L. Andrewes) ; Assam : Naga Hills, 

 N. Manipur, 3500-5000 ft. 



The single specimen from the Nilgiri Hills, which has been 

 kindly sent to me by Mr. H. E. Andrewes for inspection, is a 

 cyaneous blue variety of this insect ; superficially it has a very 

 different appearance, but Dr. W. Horn regards it as merely a 

 variety ; its occurrence so far from the only other known locality 

 is interesting. 



