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slightly elevated behind, much dilated, the hinder angles porrected 

 and acute : scutellum reaching the middle of the abdomen, flat, 

 rounded at the apex : abdomen flattened, rhombiform, twice as wide 

 as prothorax, its sides not covered by the elytra : fore legs raptorial, 

 longer than in Macrocephalus ; middle and hind legs short and simple. 



1. Macrocephalus (AmhlythyreusJ rhomhiventris. Bright fulvous 

 yellow, opaque, smooth, with the posterior part of head and prothorax 

 blackish : abdomen in the middle under the wings rufescent ; beneath 

 and the legs fulvo-luteous. Length 6 lines. Habitat unknown : in 

 the cabinet of the Linnean Society. (Id. 30, tab. ii. fig. 7). 



2. Macrocephalus (AmhlythyreusJ qiiadratus. Pale luteo-fulvous, 

 punctate: head and 3 basal joints of antennoB more brown: lateral 

 angles of prothorax acutely produced, fuscous, posterior margin ob- 

 scure : abdomen narrow, quadrate, the lateral angles obscure. Length 

 5 lines, breadth 3 lines. East Indies : in the author's cabinet. (Id. 

 31). 



3. Macrocephalus f AmhlythyreusJ ajigustus. Black : prothorax 

 and abdomen rather naiTow, lateral margins of the former fulvous, its 

 disk posteriorly reddish : abdomen fulvous, with a black median fas- 

 cia: scutellum rather narrow. Length 5 lines, breadth 2^ lines. Ha- 

 bitat unknown : in the cabinet of the British Museum. (Id. 31). 



4. A Descriptive List of the Species of Popillia in the Cabinet of The Rev. F. W, 

 Hope, M.A., with one description added from a specimen in the British Museum. 

 By Edward Newman. 



1. Popillia Regina. Bright golden green, glabrous: antennae black: 

 elytra deeply striated, the sides impressed in the middle, the striae 

 punctured, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 7th entire, the rest interrupted: 

 the mesosternum anteriorly produced and curved. Length '7 inch, 

 breadth "4 inch. From the Nielghery Mountains in the East Indies. 

 (Id. 35). 



2. Popillia dorsigera. Nigro-a;neous, the elytra having a transverse 

 median fulvous fascia : terminal segment of abdomen above brown, 

 and marked with 2 white pilose spots : elytra striated, the striae punc- 

 tate, and, with the exception of the 1st, abbreviated. Length "75 inch, 

 breadth '4 inch. Africa : in the British Museum. (Id. 36). 



3. Popillia hriinnea. Black, with the clypeus, antennae, elytra and 

 legs castaneous, the metatarsi pitchy black : the terminal segment 

 marked with 2 conspicuous white pilose spots : elytra puncto-striate, 

 the 1st, 2nd and 4th striae nearly perfect. Length '65 inch, breadth 

 •4 inch. Africa. (Id. 37). 



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