on the Geims 3Iimela. 115 



Caput cum clypeo subquadratum, punctulatum, antice auratum, pos- 

 tice viride. OcuU fusco-cinerei. Ante7inai fulvae, capitulo nigri- 

 canti. Thorax viridis, maculis duabus aureis, fere in medio 

 disci positis ; pars antlca, marginesque laterales confertius punc- 

 tati ; postica autem glabra et nitida. Sctitellmn Ifeve. Elytra 

 nitidissima, vittis binis igne micantibus, una fere media, altera 

 marginali. Pygidium flammeum, convexum et subtiliter punctu- 

 latum. Corpus infra viride, splendidum et punctatum. Seg- 

 menta abdominis antice violacea. Pedes virides, femoribus pos- 

 ticis incrassatis auroque fulgentibus. 

 Habitat in agro Nepalensi. 

 Mas. Dom. Hope. 



Mimela sumptuosa ? Zool. Journ. 5. 



This beautiful insect I received from General Hardwicke, and 

 for a long time I imagined it was identical with M. fastuosa. Fab. 

 Having purchased at a sale the insect described by Fabricius, I have 

 been able to compare the insects, and find the present species is un- 

 known ; it is named, therefore, in honour of Dr. Horsfield, who has 

 so ably written on the Lepidoptera of Java. 



9. Mimela Leei, Swederus et Olivier. 



M. viridi-senea, nitida, elytris vittis duabus aureis. Fab. 

 Long. lin. 8, lat. lin. 44-. 



Scarabceus Leei scutellatus muticus coeruleus nitissimus, capitis disco, 

 thorace fascia interrupta elytrisque vittis quatuor aureis. — Swe- 

 derus, Act. Holm. 1787, 188. 4. Oliv. Ins. 1.5. 30. t. 8./. 87. 

 Mel. fastuosa. Fab. Ent. Syst. ii. 168. 57. ; Syst. El. ii. 173. 

 Habitat in India. Dom. Lee. 



M. viridi-inaurata, thorace auro maculato, elytris vittis duabus au- 

 reis. Statura Mel. vitis, at major. Clypeus rotundatus. Caput 

 thoraxf^Q viridia inaurata, maculis aureis. Elytra viridi-coeru- 

 lea, inaurata, vittis duabus aureis. Corpus subtus viridi-coeru- 

 leum nitidum. Oliv. vid. Sp. 32. Melolontha. 



Viridi-inaurata. Caput cum clypeo subquadratum viridi-auratum, 

 nitidum, subtiliter parce punctulatum. Clypeus brevis, trans- 

 versus, concolor, confertius punctatus, margine reflexo integer- 

 rimo. /^H/ewHfE fusco-ferruginese. Oc«/« magni, atri. Thorax 

 antice emarginatus angulis acutis, lateribus rotundatus, puncta- 

 tus, supra viridis, macula magna aurea, utrinque dorso posita, 

 haud ad latera extensa, aut in medio disci conjuncta. ScuteU 

 lum breve, violaceum, postice fere rotundatum, Iseve, antice parce 

 punctatum. Elytra apice truncata, punctato-striata, viridi- 



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