108 Rev. F. W. Hope on some rare and 



where the antennae differ so remarkably as in the above insect. The male has 

 the fore tibiae simple, and the long clava of the antennae ; it has also the ab- 

 domen deeply impressed with a longitudinal furrow down the middle, which, 

 although a great character in true Cetoniadce, is rare in Rhomborhince. The 

 male has also the podex larger than the female. Another character of still 

 greater importance, separating it at once from the typical Rhotnborhince, con- 

 sists in the elongated, serrated, and narrower mesosternum. 



Since writing the above, I have received a note from Captain Parry, inform- 

 ing me that the above insect was taken at Darjeling, thirty miles from the 

 mountain of Dhawalaghiri, which is nearly in the centre of Nepaul, in about 

 85° of east longitude, and in latitude 28j° north. The mountain is 8000 feet 

 above the level of the sea. The appearance, therefore, of tropical forms on 

 mountain ranges of considerable elevation is a fact worthy of record. 



Rutelid^e, Latreille. 

 Mi me la, Kirby. 



Sp. 9. Mimela Passerinii, Parry. 



Viridis, thoracis lateribus luteolis, elytrorum marginibus elevatis pallide vi- 

 reseentibus, corpore infra roseo-cupreo, pectore capillis longis flavescen- 

 tibus obsito. 



Long. lin. 9£ ; lat. lin. A\. 



Habitat in montibus Himalayanis. 



Caput clypeo fere quadrato. Antennae articulis ternis ultimis clavam elongatam lineari-lan- 

 ceolatam efformantibus. Corpus supra viride, creberrimeque punctulatum; infra ro- 

 seo-cupreuin, pectore capillis longis flavescentibus obsito. Pedes piceo-cuprei, capillis 

 runs ciliati. 



The above insect evidently belongs to Mimela, as the presence of a prester- 

 num attests ; it is armed at the mesosternum with a small spine, like the barb 

 of a spear. It is remarkable also by the leaflets of the antennae being more 

 fully developed than in the type of Mimela. As the species of this oriental 

 genus are very numerous, it may be well to subdivide them : I suggest, there- 

 fore, the adoption of the term Micraspis, to include those species of Mimela 

 which possess a prosternum as well as an armed mesosternum. 



