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b. Elytra without spots or bands . 
654. Dermorhytis viridinitens, sp. n. 
$ . Metallic bright green ; palpi aucl antennae flavous. 
Head moderately closely and strongly punctured ; clypeus trans- 
verse, not separated from the face ; basal joint of antennae blackish- 
aeneous above, third and fourth joints equal. Thorax about half 
as broad again as long, sides straight at base, slightly rounded 
before the middle, angles produced ; surface with strong, very 
sparse and irregularly placed punctures, basal margin with a deep 
transverse groove. Elytra wider at base than the thorax, very 
finely punctured in double rows near the suture ; strongly trans- 
versely rugose at the sides. 
Length 5 mm. 
Hab. Southern India : Travancore {Coll. Brit. Mus.). 
In this species the thorax is more sparsely punctured than in 
auy other species of the genus, and the antennae are fulvous. 
655. Dermorhytis imitans, sp. n. 
2 . Metallic greenish-blue, beneath green ; labrum and antennae 
nearly black. 
Head finely and remotely punctured; clypeus separated from the 
face, sparsely punctured, anterior border blackish ; antennae with 
the basal joint metallic green, second and following two joints with 
their apices fulvous, rest black (apical three joints wanting in the 
type and only known specimen), third and fourth joints equal, 
shorter than the fifth. Thorax half as broad again as long, 
sides rounded, entire, anterior angles prominent, surface finely 
and remotely punctured. Elytra finely punctate-striate near the 
suture, more strongly so at the sides ; some few rugosities below 
the shoulders. 
Length 6 mm. 
Hah. Southern India : Nilgiris ( Hampson , Brit. Mus.). 
Larger than the preceding species, the antennae dark and the 
basal joints different in length, the thorax rather more transverse 
and although remotely punctured more closely so than in the 
other species ; the elytra! rugosities few and feeble. Described 
from a single female. 
B. Thorax closely punctured ; elytra without transverse 
bands or spots. 
656. Dermorhytis ceylonensis, Jac. 1\ Z. S. 1887, p. 81, pi. x, fig. 7. 
Beneath fulvo-piceous with aeneous gloss, above greenish- 
leneous ; antennae and legs fulvous. 
Head rather finely and very closely rugose-punctate, with a 
small central tubercle ; labrum fulvous ; antennae long and slender, 
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