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CHRYSOMELID.E, 
682. Scelodonta? strigicollis, Motsch. (Odontionopa) Bull Mosc. 
xxxix, 1860, p. 409 ; Lefev. Cat. Eumolp. 1885, p. 69. 
Motsch ulsky’s description only gives “ colour greenish-aeneous, 
thorax strigose, and elytra marked with four violet spots, suture 
of similar colour. 
Hah. “India/’ 
In the absence of any further details the species is unrecog- 
nizable. 
683. Scelodonta subcostata, sp. n. 
Dark cupreous. Head and clypeus strongly rugose ; basal 
four joints of antennae cupreous, terminal joints black, slightly 
widened. Thorax of the same shape and sculpturing as in 
S. nilgiriensis. Elytra deeply punctate-striate, interstices with 
distinct grey pubescence, placed in rows, also finely punctured and 
costate throughout, strongly so at the sides, more feebly on the 
disc ; an obscure purplish spot at the middle. Femora strongly 
dentate. 
Length 4| mm. 
Hah. Andamans (Coll. Brit. Musi). 
Smaller than .S. nilgiriensis , and separated from it by the 
regularly costate elytra and their distinct pubescence. 
684. Scelodonta granulosa, Baly, Trans. JSSnt. Soc. (3) iv, 1867, p. 158. 
Dark cupreous ; antennae (base excepted) and tarsi black ; elytra 
with some dark purplish spots. 
Head closely rugose-punctate, interstices between punctures 
granulate ; basal five or six joints of antennae metallic cupreous. 
Thorax broader than long, sides rounded, surface closely trans- 
versely strigose. Scutellum pentagonal, punctured. Elytra 
granulose over the whole surface, coarsely punctate-striate ; 
interstices transversely punctate so as to render the striae them- 
selves rather indistinct ; two short ridges at base between shoulders 
and suture, a long and more distinct ridge near lateral margins 
and another near apex short and feeble ; at the middle some of 
these ridges and also those at the base are marked with dark 
purplish narrow spots, some ill-defined longitudinal depressions are 
also visible below base and at the sides. Breast closely pubescent 
on the sides. 
Length 3|-4 mm. 
Hob. Madras; Assam; Andamans; Borneo; Celebes. 
The Indian specimens do not seem to differ from Baly’s type 
with which I have compared them, and although the species is 
closely allied to several others, it may be known generally bv the 
two short costm at the base of the elytra, the granulose surface and 
feeble longitudinal depressions ; in some specimens the purplish 
spots are absent. 
