POPILLIA. 3^ 



57. Popillia laevis. 



TopiUia Icevis, Burm.,* Ilandb. Eut. iv, 2, 1855^ p. 511. 



Entirely deep metallic green above aud beueath, aud very smooth 

 and tihining below. 



It is shortly oval in shape ; the clypeus is rather small, rounded 

 and rugose, with the margin strongly reflexed, the forehead 

 rugosely punctured and the vertex thinly but deeply punctured 

 The pronotum is very smooth, with a few minute punctures 

 esi)ecially near the front and sides, and a thin fringe of white 

 hairs at each side. The scutellum bears a few scattered punctures 

 and Its apex is not distinctly angular. The elytra have each 

 a shallow depression before the middle and five rather feebly 

 impressed and punctured dorsal striae ; the first, third and fifth 

 intervals are rather convex, and the second broad and minutely 

 punctured along the middle of the anterior half. The pygidium 

 IS coarsely transversely strigose and bears a very minute tuft of 

 white hairs on each side of the base and some similar scattered 

 hairs towards the apex. The mesosternal process is moderately 

 long, blunt and compressed, and the sides of the sternum and 

 abdomen are clothed with long but not very thick hair. 



6 . The front tibia is very broad and armed with two very 

 short and sharp teeth, and the inner front claw alone is cleft. 



$ unknown. 



Length, 10 mm. ; breadth, 6 mm. 



S. India : Travancore. 



Type in the Geneva Universitv Museum. 



The locality "Tibet," given 'by Burmeister, appears to be 

 wrong, the present group of species (with fringed sides to the 

 pronotum) being almost confined to southern India. 



58. Popillia clara. 



Popillia dura, Arrow, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) xii, 1913, p. 49. 

 Bright metallic green or fiery red above and beneath, or witb 

 the upper surface, or the elytra only, fiery red; very smooth and 

 shining. 



The body is compactly ovate and moderately convex The 

 clypeus IS rugose, short, with its front edge almost straight, and 

 the forehead is closely punctured. The pronotum is very smooth 

 and sinning, with a few fine punctures near the front and sides 

 and the lateral grooves are deep and contain a very few incon' 

 spicuous whitish hairs. The scutellum is almost unpuuctured and 

 scarcely angulated at the apex. The elytra have each a distinct 

 transverse impression before the middle and five lightly impressed 

 and punctured dorsal striae, the 1st, 3rd and oth intervals beine 

 sightly convex, and the 2nd broad and irregularly punctured 

 along the middle. The pygidium is transversely strigose and 

 bears a very minute tuft of outstanding whitish hairs on each 

 side ot the base and some scattered hairs towards the apex. The 



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