ASPIDOLOPHA. 
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The author has only doubtfully described this species as 
different from A. trimaculata, Eabr., but it is, I think, distinct ; 
there is no pubescence on the thorax and the latter is almost 
im punctate, entirely metallic bright blue and without fulvous 
margins, the elytra have two spots only on the shoulders and 
near the apex, and the legs are entirely blue ; the general shape 
is elongate. 
253. Aspidolopha nitidicollis, sp. n. 
Bluish black; basal joints of antennae and anterior portion of 
thorax fulvous ; elytra strongly and closely punctured, fulvous, a 
broad transverse band behind, another below the middle, also the 
apex metallic dark blue. 
Oblong ; head dark blue, impubescent, vertex impunctate, space 
between eyes finely longitudinally strigose and feebly depressed ; 
clypeus finely punctured, its anterior edge 
but slightly emarginate ; antennae short, 
black, basal four joints flavous, second and 
third very short, equal. Thorax more 
than twice as broad as long, strongly 
obliquely narrowed anteriorly, sides slightly 
rounded ; surface extremely minutely punc- 
tured at base, nearly impunctate anteriorly, 
entire basal portion occupied by a broad 
transverse blue band that does not extend 
quite to lateral margins, its anterior edge 
deeply sinuate at sides and slightly dentate 
at middle. Scutellum broad, dark blue, 
apex rather raised. Elytra rather feebly 
lobed at sides, nearly parallel and subcy- 
lindrical, strongly and closely punctured, 
punctures finer behind the middle, interstices slightly 
wrinkled ; a broad transverse band, deeply constricted at middle 
from shoulders towards suture which latter it does not reach, 
another irregular shaped band behind the middle, extending to 
either margin and a large spot at apex, metallic blue. Beneath 
thickly clothed with yellow pubescence ; base of femora and of 
tibiae obscure fulvous. Tarsi short. 
Length 7 mm. 
Hah. Khasi Hills {Coll. Jacoby). 
A somewhat aberrant species of which I only know the female ; 
there is no pubescence near the eyes, the elytral lobes are less 
developed thau usual and the abdomen is not inflated nor the 
pygidium exposed ; the thorax and legs however, are typical and 
the elytral markings differ from those of any other species of the 
genus. 
Fig. 46. 
Aspidolopha nitidicollis. 
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