424 Mr. A. White on some new Insects from China. 



hairs, intermediate and hind-legs bare ; tarsi of hind-legs with two 

 double spines behind about the middle (J). Length 5^- lines. 



Hab. Hong Kong ; John Bowring, Esq. 



A species near the 0. mergacerus, Hope, Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 22. 



Onthophagus taurinus. — Head punctate, purplish brown, shi- 

 ning, in front somewhat pointed and turned up, behind the eyes 

 on each side dilated into a slightly curved horn projecting out- 

 wardly. Thorax thickly punctured, greenish brown, slightly 

 glossy ; sides in front yellowish, in the middle in front narrowly 

 hollowed out, the sides of the hollowed part pinched up. Elytra 

 costate, at the base yellowish, and four of the costse yellowish, 

 this colour being continued to the tip : podex yellow. Legs of a 

 pitchy yellow, more or less hairy. Tibiae of fore-legs with four 

 blunt teeth, the hind tooth obsolete ; tibiae of hind-legs scarcely 

 toothed behind. Length 3J lines. 



Hab. Hong Kong ; John Bowring, Esq. 



Onthophagus suturalis. — Head smooth, in front blunt and 

 slightly turned up, in the middle behind with a dilated ap- 

 pendage suddenly attenuated about the middle and bluntish at 

 the end. Thorax closely punctate, of a greenish bronzed brown ; 

 in the middle in front slightly excavated ; the sides of the hollowed 

 part above project slightly and form a small knob ; thorax behind 

 in the middle longitudinally impressed. Elytra yellow, suture 

 black, a transverse wide black band interrupted in the middle, 

 the lateral part of the band emitting a narrow black line which falls 

 into the base at the middle : podex bronzy brown. Legs obscure, 

 more or less hairy. Length 3£ lines. 



Hab. Hong Kong ; John Bowring, Esq. 



Hoplia squamacea. — Head, thorax, elytra and podex covered 

 with pale yellow shining scales ; under side of body covered with 

 similar but somewhat paler scales, those on the side with a pink- 

 ish hue. Legs ferruginous with several hoary scales and hairs. 

 Length 3f lines. 



Hab. Hong Kong; J. Bowring, Esq. A species near the Ne- 

 palese Hoplia sqaamigera, Hope, in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 24. 



Hoplia elegantula. — Covered with ochrey-coloured scales of dif- 

 ferent hues mixed with hairs. Labrum of a dark pitchy brown. 

 Scales on the head of a pale yellow. Thorax on the middle with 

 two widish nearly parallel lines of a darker hue than the rest of 

 the thorax, as are a large clouded spot on the basal half of each 

 elytron, and a large irregular but well-defined mark between that 

 and the tip ; the hairs on the elytra run in six or seven longitu- 

 dinal lines. Under side of body covered with very pale yellow 

 scales, but devoid of hairs. Legs ferruginous with greenish scales 

 and hoary hairs. Length 3 lines. 



Hab. Hong Kong; J. Bowring, Esq. 



Adoretw cribratus. — Pale brown, slightly metallescent, La- 



