JOURNAL 



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Vol. XIV. MAECH, 1906. No. 1 



Class I, HEXAPODA. 



Order II, COLEOPTERA. 



NOTES ON SOME SPECIES OF THE GENUS 



ANOMALA WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF 



NEW SPECIES. 



By Charles Schaeffer, 



Brooklyn, N. Y. 



I have a short revision of this genus nearly ready for publication, 

 but awaiting some Mexican material for comparison and confirmation 

 of my identifications. The following notes are published in advance. 



Anomala antennata, new species. 



Larger than parvula Burm., which it otherwise resembles in form, thorax with 

 similar two dark spots at apex, but the elytral intervals are of equal size, convex. 

 Antennal club sljghtly longer than the rest of the joints, pale testaceous. Head black 

 coarsely rugosely punctured in front, more fine and sparse on the occiput, clypeal 

 margin widely reflexed, broadly arcuate in front ; eyes moderately prominent. Thorax 

 more than twice as wide as long, sides arcuate, hind angles rounded, front angles 

 obtuse ; base finely margined ; disk convex, surface rather sparsely and shallowly, 

 punctate ; color testaceous with two slightly elongate dark apical spots each oblique 

 behind. Elytra slightly broader at base than the thorax, sides nearly parallel, disk 

 convex, surface with nine stria?, the latter not punctate, intervals nearly equal, convex, 

 except the subsutural which is broader and somewhat coarsely punctate at basal half, 

 punctures finer and more distinct behind middle, the other intervals scarcely punctate 

 and uneven ; color testaceous with suture and side margin slightly darker. Pygidium 

 moderately coarsely punctate, denser at sides than at middle. Body beneath and 

 legs testaceous ; metasternum clothed not densely with long hairs ; abdomen shining, 

 scarcely punctate and with only a few hairs. Front tibiae bidentate, the larger front 

 claw finely cleft, the upper portion very short and hardly visible, intermediate claws 

 entire, not cleft. Length (head porrected), io mm. 



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