M CATALOGUE OF 



4. POLYPHAGA InDICA, 



Focm, Nigro-fusca, elliptica, convexa, opaca, subtililer scabra, pilis 

 fulvis maryinala ; caput apud os lestaceum ; thorax sublus flavus, 

 fusco late marginalus ; prothorax caput loiige superans, margine 

 anlico laleribusque fulvo marginatis. E. ^gyptiacse simUlima ; 

 Lamina subanalis non incisa. 



Female. Blackish brown, elliptical, convex, dull, rainulely scabrous, 

 bordered except towards the tip of the abdomen with tawuy hairs. Head 

 towards the mouth and sockets of the antenna testaceous. Prothorax 

 arched, extending much beyond the head, tawny-bordered except towards 

 and along the hind margin, which is slightly rounded. Mesothorax much 

 dilated on each side. Metathorax very slightly dilated on each side. 

 Thorax beneath yellow, broadly and irregularly brown-bordered. Legs 

 very stout ; tibiae with numerous very strong spines. Length of the body 

 14 lines. 



It is very closely allied to P. ^gyptiaca, but is less finely grained 

 nnd is more completely bordered with tawny hairs; the tawny border of 

 the prothorax is more dilated on each side in front; the mesothorax is 

 more dilated on each side; the metathorax is less dilated on each side and 

 its hind border is much less concave, it covers obliquely the sides of the 

 first and second abdominal segments. The subanal abdominal lamina is 

 not notched in the middle. 



a. Hindoslan. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



5. Polyphaga Sinensis. 



Foem. Nigro-fusca, ovata, opaca, subtililer scabra, valde convexa, pilis 

 fulvis marginata, subtus fulva ; palporum arliculus 2us cluvatus, 

 3o subsecuriformis 2o iongior ; prothorax antice fulvtis, caput vix 

 superans ; membrana subanalis non incisa ; pedes fulvi, crassi. 



Female. Blackish brown, oval, very convex, dull, minutely scabrous, 

 bordered with tawny hairs ; under side tawny. Second joint of the palpi 

 clavate; third slightly securiform, longer than the second. Prothorax 

 arched, hardly extending beyond the head, broadly tawny along the 

 fore border; hind border slightly rounded. Mesothorax much dilated 

 on each side. Metathorax slightly dilated on each side. Legs tawny, 

 very stout ; tibiae armed with numerous very strong spurs. Length of the 

 body lOi lines. 



It is especially distinguished from P. indica by the prothorax, which 

 hardly extends beyond the head. The subanal abdominal segment is not 

 notched and the tarsi are shorter and stouter than those of P. jEggptiaca. 



a. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



