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Characters of new or little hioion species of the Coleopterov.i 

 genus Hoplia ; hy Chas. O. Waterhouse. 



MELOLONTHID^. 



Hoplia aurantiaca, u. sp. 



Oblouga, panim convexa, rufo-picea, sqnamis aiirantiacis et 

 ochraceis fulgidis deuse vestita. Long. 3 liu., lat. 1-^ lin. 



A pitchy red species densely clothed (even on the legs and 

 tarsi) with bright golden and ochraceous round scales, the 

 ochraceous scales form on the thorax a patch above each ante- 

 rior angle and a line on each side of the middle, on the elytra 

 a small spot on the side (about the middle), and a larger oblique 

 sub-apical patch which does not reach the suture, these ochra- 

 ceous scales appear also golden when viewed obliquely ; beneath 

 each shoulder is a round brownish spot. The scales on the 

 abdomen and pygidium are more silvery. Clypeus with the 

 margins strongly refiexed and the angles much rounded. Thorax 

 a little narrower than the elytra, ^ broader than long, distinctly 

 narrowed in front and behind, angular at the sides, regularly 

 convex. Elytra ^ longer than broad, moderately depressed 

 above (but not Hat), the sides sub-parallel, scarcely arcuate, the 

 sub-apical callosity very little prominent. In some lights the 

 golden scales on the elytra present a mark like an a;, embracing 

 the more ochreous scales. Anterior tibiae M'ith three teeth. 



Varieties, ( 1 ) The ochraceous markings rejtlaced by more 

 fuscous scales, the markings more extended. (2) Scales dusky 

 brown, an fo shaped mark on tlic tlioi-ax. and an .*■ on llie elytra 

 obscure golden. 



Hab. Java (Dr. Ploem). 



Hoplia Boxvrincjii^ n. sp. 



Oblonga, picea, squamis argenteo-aureis deusissime vestita ; 

 elytris dorsim leviter quadri-impressis. Long. 3 lin., lat. 1§ lin. 



