PROTHYMA. 



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testaceous in the centre in the male, unicolorous in the female ; 

 head almost flat between the eyes, irregularly striate throughout, 

 the striations forming wavy Hues ; pronotum more or less trans- 

 verse with the sides not or scarcely rounded, and the central line 

 more or less distinct, sculptured much as the head, but trans- 

 versely and more strongly ; elytra strongly punctured at base, 

 less ciosely, though distinctly, behind, the sculpture being some- 

 what rugose in places, with the shoulders well marked, and with 

 traces of a short broad furrow between shoulders and suture ; on 

 each there are two whitish spots, one just behind middle and one 

 before apex ; underside and femora metallic blue or green, tibiae 

 and tarsi more or less pitchy. 

 Length 10J-12 millim. 



Sikkim : Kurseong (Fleuiiauoo) ; Bengal : Calcutta, Birbhum 

 { Ind. Mus.) ; Central Provinces : Nagpur; Bombay: Dharwar, 

 Kanara {Bell) ; Madras : Kamnad, Cocanada. 



The elytral spots are very much smaller in some specimens 

 than in others and almost obsolete, but I have not seen enough 

 examples to decide whether this is a sexual difference. 



83. Prothyma paradoxa, W. Horn. 



Cicmdela paradox a, W. Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1892, p. 75. 

 Prothyma paradoxa, W. Horn, Spol. Zeyl. ii, 1904, pi. 7, fig. 5 ; 

 Maindron, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1905, p. 9, pi. 1, fig. 2. 



A dull dark brown species, with slight greenish or yeneous 

 reflections on the head, but almost unicolorous ; labrum metallic 

 with the centre broadly whitish in the male, uniformly dark 

 testaceous in the female (this may be variable) ; head scarcely 

 excavate, with fine, but well marked, orbital striation, and with 

 the vertex very closely sculptured ; pronotum longer than broad, 

 somewhat rounded behind and contracted in the male, almost 

 parallel-sided in the female, central line well marked, upper 

 surface very finely sculptured, dull ; elytra rather more shining, 

 with one or two more or less obsolete broad longitudinal furrows 

 which make the surface look irregular, punctuation distinct 

 throughout, but considerably stronger towards base ; on each 

 just behind middle there is a small round whitish spot at about 

 an equal distance from the suture and margin, and another, larger 

 and less regular, a little before apex near margin ; legs more or 

 less pitchy with the femora metallic, knees sometimes testaceous ; 

 underside shining, cyaneous, greenish, or violaceous. 



Length 9-10 millim. 



Bombay: Kanara (Bell); Madras: Mahe (Maindron), Tri- 

 vandrum (Ind. Mus.) ; Ceylon : Pondicherry. 



Dr. Horn says that there is one furrow on the elytra of the 

 male from w 7 hich he described the species ; in the only male I 

 have seen there are distinct traces of two ; in the female only one ; 

 they are indistinct but may be plainly seen in certain lights and 

 are very characteristic of the species. 



