Ifi Mr. H. W. Bates on Cohoptna 



breast and base of legs tawny-hirsute. Clypeus twice as broad as long, 

 anterior margin strongly reflexed, rounded on each side, in the middle 

 depressed and sinuated, closely and coarsely punctured. Lower part of the 

 forehead, from side to side, polished and sparsely punctured ; the upper part 

 with a thick transverse carina or fold depressed in the middle, above which 

 is a similarly transverse depression densely punctured, followed by the 

 convex, and almost impunctate, occiput. The antennae are 10-jointed, joints 

 3 — 5 of equal length, 6 and 7 shorter, and slightly produced on their inner 

 side. The thorax is dilated and angulate in the middle, strongly, but rather 

 sparsely and irregularly, punctured, the lateral margins strongly crenated, 

 the hind angles nearly rectangular. The elytra are more finely punctured, 

 with irregular longitudinal spaces smooth. The abdomen is subinflated, 

 shining, sparsely and strongly punctured, the apical segment convex ; the 

 pygidium moderately large, triangular, and irregulaily punctured, each 

 puncture with a short gi'ey seta. The claws are strongly curved and toothed, 

 as in L. occipitalis, i. e., the normal tooth is near the apex, broad and 

 curved, and the base, also, has a broad obtuse tooth. Long. 15 millim., ? . 



Lachnosterna nubiliventris, n. sp. 

 Elongate-oblong, parallel sided, castaneous, shining, head and thorax 

 darker and opaque. Head broad and short, vertex transversely convex ; 

 forehead gradually sloping, confluent-punctate, the punctures mostly oval. 

 Clypeus extremely short and broad, the margin a little reflexed in the 

 middle of the front, strongly folded backward, the angles broadly rounded. 

 Thorax short and broad, very densely beset with oblong punctures, which on 

 the sides unite in longitudinal strioles ; sides rounded in the middle, crenated 

 only in front. Elytra umbilicate-punctulate, the intervals between the punc- 

 tures convex and wrinkled ; sutural and discoidal costse obtuse, submarginal 

 costa more sharply elevated. Pygidium closely annulate-punctate, glabrous, 

 basal margin griseous-opaque. Abdomen inflated, shining, punctured, 

 glabrous in the middle, griseous-opaque at the sides. Apical ventral segment 

 in male, transversely concave ; in female, convex. Claws strongly curved, 

 the basal half dilated, the sharp tooth a little below the middle. Antennae 

 10-jointed, joints 3 — 7 very short, taken together shorter than the scape ; 

 club short oval, in both sexes. Long. 19 — 20 millim. 



Apogonia nigrescens, Hope. Gray's Zool. Miscell. 1831, p. 23 ; 

 Waterhouse, Cistula, Entom. ii. p. 223. 

 Found also in Nepaul. 



Melolontha nepalensis, Hope. 



Melolontha ARGUS, Burmeistev. 

 Occurs also in Penang and Java. 



Melolontha jeneicollis, n. sp. 



Closely allied to M. cuprescens (Blanch.), of Eastern Tibet. Elongate- 

 oblong ; head brassy-black ; clypeus short and broad, quadrate, with rounded 

 angles, densely confluent-punctate, anterior margin (female) moderately 

 reflexed and sinuated, vertex coarsely sculptured, fulvo-pilose. Thorax 

 angulate-dilated in the middle, and with acute hind angles; the middle 

 broadly sulcate, the lateral margins obtusely serrated, the disk closely 

 punctured, the sides broadly confluent-punctate, shining coppery, with a 

 golden tinge, the dorsal sulcus and the sides clothed with laid tawny hairs. 

 Scutellmn brassy, polished, impunctate. Elytra each (including the sutural 

 rib) with five shining costse, the fourth fainter than the others, the broad 



