SCELODOKTA. 
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676. Scelodonta aenea, Motsch. (Odontionopa) Bull. Mosc. ii, 1866, 
p. 408. 
“ Short, subquadrate, shining, cupreo-aeneous ; base of antennae 
and legs rufo-testaceous. Thorax strongly punctured, sides 
arcuate. Elytra half as broad again as the thorax, transversely 
impressed anteriorly, deeply crenulate-striate, interstices carinate. 
“ Length 3 mm. 
“ Hob. Ceylon.” ( MotschulsTey .) 
Lefevre has placed this species, which is unknown to me, in 
the present genus. There is no described species of true Scelo- 
donta known to me which has the basal joints of the antennae and 
the legs pale in colour. 
677. Scelodonta alternata, sp. n. 
Cupreous ; terminal joints of antennae black ; elytra greenish- 
aeueous, interstices cupreous, forming narrow longitudinal lines. 
Head irregularly rugose throughout, 
reddish-cupreous, deeply sulcate in the 
middle and above the eyes; palpi flavous, 
terminal joint piceous ; antennae piceous, 
basal four joints cupreous, terminal 
joints elongate. Thorax of usual shape, 
transversely strigose and sparingly 
punctured. Scutellum subquadrate, 
strongly punctured. Elytra oblong, 
convex, without any depressions, finely 
punctate-striate near the suture, more 
strongly so at the sides, the suture and 
about six narrow, smooth, longitudinal 
lines cupreous, other interstices finely 
pubescent. Elanks of thorax and sides 
of breast densely coated with white 
matter ; abdomen finely punctured ; 
legs cupreous; femora dentate. 
Length 4 mm. 
Hcib. Andaman Islands (Colls. Brit. 
Mus. Sf Jacoby). 
Quite distinct in sculpture and coloration from any other 
species, the elytral punctured spaces with some very fine 
pubescence. 
678. Scelodonta indica, Duviv. Bull. Soc. But. Bely, xxxv, 1891, 
p. xxxix. 
Bronze-coloured ; labrum, mandibles and terminal joints of 
antennae black ; palpi fulvous ; elytra with three smooth purplish 
spots. 
Fig. 133. 
Scelodonta alternata. 
