SCELODONTA. 
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680. Scelodonta dillwyni, Stephens (Eumolpus), lllustr. Brit. 
Entom. iv, 1831, p. 364, pi. !23, fig. 3. 
Scelodonta nitidula, Baly, Descript, new yen. 8f spec. Phytoph. 
1864, p. 2 ; id. Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) iv, 1867, p. 157. 
Greenish-cupreous ; terminal joints of antennae and tarsi black ; 
elytra with suture anteriorly anti three spots (2.1) purplish- 
cupreous. 
Head strongly punctured, with central longitudinal groove 
antennae rather slender, extending to base of elytra, terminal 
joints scarcely thickened. Thorax transversely convex, surface 
entirely covered with transverse strigae, anterior portion behind 
the margin with some fine punctures, very sparingly pubescent. 
Elytra with closely approximate rows of transverse punctures, 
strong at base, line near apex, interstices at the apex and on the 
sides finely costate and pubescent ; a spot immediately below 
base close to suture, an elongate spot at shoulders, and a third 
at middle below the basal spot, purplish-cupreous ; suture likewise 
more or less cupreous anteriorly. Sides of breast densely clothed 
with white pubescence. 
Length 3^ mm.. 
IIab. Tenasserim ( Doherty ) ; Borneo ; Singapore. 
Mr. G. C. Champion has pointed out in the Ent. Month. Mag. 
that a specimen of this species, no doubt accidentally introduced, 
was taken in England and described by Stephens under the above 
name, which has priority of Baly’s name by more than twenty 
years. 
The Indian specimens agree very closely with Baly’s specimens 
from Borneo, but have the basal six joints of the antennae metallic 
greenish, not black as Baly gives in the description of his insect. 
681. Scelodonta nilgiriensis, sp. n. 
2 . Brownish-cupreous ; terminal joints of antennae black ; elytra 
with suture and a lateral narrow stripe pale cupreous. 
Broad and robust. Head coarsely rugose, with narrow cen- 
tral groove; clypeus deeply separated from face, subquadrate, 
strongly punctured, supraocular grooves very deep ; antennae 
with the basal six joints cupreous, terminal joints blue-black, 
strongly thickened, third and fourth elongate, equal. Thorax 
nearly twice as broad as long, sides strongly deflexed, rounded, 
middle rather widened, surface closely transversely rugose. 
Scutellum strongly punctured. Elytra feebly depressed below 
the base, strongly punctate-striate, ihe rows more distinctly placed 
near the suture than at the sides ; the punctures transverse, con- 
fluent at the sides ; interstices finely punctate, rather strongly 
cosfate except on the outer disc ; a pale golden stripe from the 
shoulders to near the apex, suture of similar colour. Beneath 
strongly punctured, scarcely perceptibly pubescent. 
Length 5 mm. 
11 ah. {Southern India : Nilgiris ( G . Hampson). 
YOL. i. 
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