268 Mr. Waterhouse on nev species of Hoplia. 



arcuate, the disc longttudiaally impressed. Elytra very flat, a 

 trifle longer than broad, the shoulders nearly rectangular, blunt, 

 the sides scarcely arcuatu, no distinct sub-apical callosity. Legs 

 long, tibi^ and tarsi sparingly clothed with small narrow pale 

 greenish scales. All the upper surface of the insect is densely 

 clothed with dull j^ale yellow-green scales ; the pygidium bright 

 pale silvery-green. 



Variety. Scales aboA^e rather bright golden-green. 

 Hab. Nepal. Brit. ]\Ius. 



ITopJia scnteUnris, n. sp. 



Oblonga, siipra depressa, oj^aca, supra squamis viridi-albis, 

 svibtus squamis fere albidis dense vestita ; scutello, tibiis tarsis- 

 que squamis viridi-argenteis micaiitibus tectis. Long. 3|^ lin., 

 lat. 2 lin. 



Forehead, thorax and elytra densely clothed with small round 

 dull greenish-white scales, the sides of the thorax and the whole 

 underside of the insect densely clothed with nearly white (or 

 extremely pale green) scales. The scales on the scutellum, tibiae 

 and tarsi are narrower, closer, and pale silvery-green. Thorax 

 evenly convex, the sides distinctly Ijut not very strongly angular 

 in the middle, the base with a rather broad mesial lobe. Scutel- 

 lum rather large, triangular, a trifle longer than the width at the 

 base. Elytra a little broader than the thorax, \ longer than 

 broad, even and flat on the back, parallel at the sides, the 

 shoulders distinct but blunt, the sub-apical callosity not con- 

 spicuous ; there are some lines of minxite black dots, from which 

 proceed short black hairs. Anterior tibia; with three teeth; but 

 the uppermost very obsolete; anterior tarsi almost without scales. 

 Antenna^ and parts of the mouth l)lack. 



Hab. N. China (Fortune). Brit. Mus. 



^* 'cd to //. Paivce, Woll., but smaller and less In-oad, a little 

 less dejuessed, thorax gently sinuate on each side at the liase, 

 scutellum larger, elytra relatival}' a little longer, &c. 



