alluded to in the ''Introduction to Entomology." 5t)9 



Familia RutelidcB. 



Genus Mimkla K. in Linn. Tr. 



nigricans. M. nigro-picea ; capite thoraceque punctatis, anten- 

 nis brunneis*. 



Long. Corp. lin. 7- 



Inlrod. to Ent. iii. 545. 

 Habitat in China. 



Descr. Corpus oblongum, glabrum, nitidum, nigro-piceum. 

 Caput aeneo tinctum punctatum punctulis haud interpositis 

 ut in M. chinensi. Puncta antica coniluunt. Antemue brun- 

 neae. Frothorax aeneo tinctus, punctatus punctulis nulHs 

 interpositis. Elytra punctata : punctis quibusdam sparsis, 

 et aliis seriatim ordinatis ; seriebus per paria dispositis. 

 Punctula itidem minutissima inter haec puncta interposita. 

 In aliis M . chinensem exactissime refert haec 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 Cetoniadce MacLeay. 



Genus Genuchus. Cetonia Oliv., Fabr, 



Introd. to Ent. iii. 423, 51?. 



Labrum sub nasi rhinariot penitus absconditum. 

 MandibulcE apice membranaceae. 



* The discovery of a second species renders it necessary to give a definition of 

 M. chinetisis. See Linn. Trans, xiv. 101 — . 



chinensi.s., M. supra luteo-virens ; capite thoraceque punctatis punctulatissintisque, 

 antennis fulvis. 

 + For the explanation of this term, see Linn. Irons, xiv. p. 103. 



Labium 



