alluded to in the ** Introduction to Entomology." 569 
Familia Rutelide. 
Genus MiwELA K. in Linn. Tr. 
nigricans. M. nigro-picea ; capite thoraceque punctatis, anten- 
nis brunneis *. 
Long. corp. lin. 7. 
Introd. to Ent. ii. 545. 
Habitat in China. 
Descr. ` Corpus oblongum, glabrum, nitidum, nigro-piceum. 
Caput æneo tinctum punctatum punctulis haud interpositis 
ut in M. chinensi. Puncta antica confluunt. Antenne brun- 
nec.  Prothorar æneo tinctus, punctatus punctulis nullis 
interpositis. Elytra punctata : punctis quibusdam sparsis, 
et aliis seriatim ordinatis; seriebus per paria dispositis. 
Punctula itidem minutissima inter hæc puncta interposita. 
In aliis M. chinensem exactissime refert hæc species, sed 
minor est. 
I purchased this insect at a dealer's in Leadenhall-street, who 
received it amongst a parcel of insects from China. 
Familia Cetoniade MacLeay. 
Genus GENUCHUS. Cetonia Oliv., Fabr. 
Introd. to Ent. ii. 428, 517. 
Labrum sub nasi rhinario* penitus absconditum. 
Mandibule apice membranaceæ. 
* The discovery of a second species renders it necessary to give a definition of 
M. chinensis. See Linn. Trans. xiv. 101—. 
chinensis. M. supra luteo-virens; capite thoraceque punctatis punctulatissimisque, 
antennis fulvis. l 
+ For the explanation of this term, see Linn. Trans. xiv. p. 103. 
Labium 
