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propygidium ; pygidium sub-vertical in both sexes, abdomen not 

 contracted ; anterior tibiae tri-dentate outwardly, with the teeth 

 nearly equi-distant and oblique, sharply truncate inwardly and 

 having an apical spur in the female only, legs slender, moderately 

 long, tar^i as long as the tibiae or nearly so, the four antei'ior claws 

 double, unequal, slightly cleft at the tip, and divaricating more than 

 in the other genera of this tribe, hind ones single, simple, long and 

 not very robust. 



This genus differs from Iloplia in the parabolic shape of the clypeus 

 and the ten-jointed antennse in both sexes ; and in the legs having 

 an apical spur in the female ; unlike Hoplia the body has no scales, 

 but sometimes short squamose hairs, and the general appearance 

 reminds one of some species of Adorctus. Several Madagascar 

 species, Hoplia plagulata, Fairm., among others, will probably be 

 included in this genus. 



Key to the Sp)ecies. 



Upper side clothed with very closely set greyish squamose hairs, 

 elytra closely punctate ; all the tibiae with an apical spur in the 

 female. 



Prothorax laterally ampliate and rounded in the middle tesaellatula. 



Prothorax laterally ampliate and bluntly angular in the middle, maxhuuennix 



Upper side sparingly clothed with not closely set greyish hairs ; 

 elytra covered with scar-like very closely set punctures, the four 

 posterior tibia; of the female with an apical spur ; colour chestnut- 

 brown i)tli(hi. 



Upper side with sparse minute greyish hairs, elytra with not very 

 closely set scar-like punctures, colour piceous-black niijriui. 



CONGELLA TESSELLATULA, U. SpeC. 



Fuscous brown, with the head black and the legs, especially 

 the anterior ones, redder, covered on the upper and under side, 

 and also on the legs with dense, ashy-grey, minute, appressed, 

 slightly squamulose hairs ; clypeus I'ounded and attenuated late- 

 rally, apical part plainly emarginate, the whole head is granulose, 

 the granules not set close to each other ; prothorax twice as broad 

 as long, ampliated and rounded laterally in the middle, but a little 

 more obliquely attenuated in the anterior than in the posterior part, 

 very finely aciculate and bearing also cicatricose marks having a 

 median puncture from which springs a minute hair ; scutellum 

 covered witli similar hairs ; elytra oblong, but slightly wider at the 

 apex than at the base, somewhat plainly tri-costate on each side and 



