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CIIRYSOMELIDJE. 
deeply longitudinally sulcate, widened at the apex, first joint of 
tarsi shorter than the following two united ; claws appendiculate. 
Prosternum oblong, narrowed in the middle and obsoletely dentate 
at the sides. — Highly metallic species, often very handsomely 
marked with purplish or golden bands or spots. 
A. Thorax remotely punctured. 
a. Elytra ivith cupreous or metallic purplish spots or bands. 
649. Dermorhytis ornatissima (PI. I, fig. 11), Baly, Descr. yen. 
fy spec. Phytoph. 1864, p. 8 ; Jac. P. Z. S. 1887, p. 82, pi. x, fig. 6. 
Dermorhytis fasciato-mtilaus, Lef'ev. Rev. et May. Zool. 1875, 
p. 123." 
Metallic green ; antennae blackish ; thorax with a transverse 
purplish -cupreous band ; elytra with a similarly coloured baud at 
base, a spot near the lateral margins and an elongate broad stripe 
at the suture that extends to the apex. 
d . Head closely and strongly punctured, cupreous ; antennae 
with the basal four joints more or less fulvous, rest nearly black, 
third and fourth equal, terminal joints very elongate and pointed. 
Thorax scarcely half as broad again as long, convex, lateral margins 
very faintly angulate, surface deeply and remotely punctured. 
Elytra with prominent shoulders, deeply and strongly punctate- 
striate on the inner disc, transversely rugose at the sides. Body 
beneath and legs cupreous. — $ . The thorax is, as usual, more 
transverse in shape. 
Lenyth 5-7 mm. 
Hob. Ceylon. 
One of the handsomest species of the genus ; the thoracic band 
extends generally across the entire disc and is deeply emarginate 
on each side at its lower edge ; the elytra have the marginal spot 
sometimes united with the sutural stripe forming an acute angle, 
the transverse rugae do not extend to the inner disc. 
650. Dermorhytis variabilis, Jac. P. Z. S. 1887, p. 82. 
Greenish-mneous beneath, metallic green above ; shoulders, sides 
and apex of elytra reddish-cupreous ; basal joints of antennae and 
legs fulvous or piceous. 
Head finely and rather closely punctured, interstices slightly 
rugose ; clypeus not separated from the face, more closely and 
finely punctured than the head ; labrum fulvous ; antennae slender, 
basal five or six joints fulvous, rest piceous, third and fourth joints 
equal, fifth longer. Thorax scarcely twice as broad as long, lateral 
margins obsoletely angulate at middle, surface remotely and 
strongly punctured, rather convex. Elytra subcylindrical, rather 
convex, somewhat finely punctate-striate near the suture, trans- 
