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geographical range, it would be presuming too far to describe 

 them as such, particularly as their facies is so entirely different. 

 A difficulty of this kind must always occur in instances like the 

 present, in which single individuals only are accessible to the de- 

 scriber. 



6. Popi. BiPUNCTATA. — Plate 3, fig. 1, and details. 

 Nigra, nitida, elytris testaceis, pedibits nigris ; podex p'dis alhis 

 bisignatus ; elytra striata, striis fere P. brunneae. (Corp. long. 

 '55 unc, lat. '325 unc, 

 Tricliius bipunctatus. Fabrieius, Syst. Eleu. ii. 132. 

 Melolontha bipunctata, Olivier, i. 5. Tab. VI. Icon. 69. 



Colour. — Head, pro thorax, scutellum, legs and abdomen black, 

 with an obscure metallic tint ; elytra testaceous ; terminal 

 segment of the abdomen above with two conspicuous white 

 spots. 

 Sculpture. — Head thickly punctured; prothorax thickly punc- 

 tured anteriorly and laterally ; elytra with ten stria? ; the first 

 stria is entire ; the second is very obscure, being nothing more 

 than an irregular series of punctures ; the third to the sixth 

 are tolerably regular ; after that all are more or less inter- 

 rupted towards the base. 

 Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, and appears not to be un- 

 common, 



7. PoPI. OLEA. 



Olivaria, luce varians ; antennis elytrisque testaceis, fulgore metal- 

 lico nitidis ; pedes testacei fulgore cupreo nitidt ; podex pilis albis 

 bisignatus; elytra 11-striata, striis punctis et (2° interruplo 

 liO°que abbreviato exceptis) integris. (Corp. long. '5 unc, lat. 

 •3 unc.) 



Colour. — Olive green, varying in tint with a varied position of 

 light ; the antennae and elytra are testaceous, but have a re- 

 fulgent metallic greenish gloss ; the legs are testaceous, with 

 a coppery gloss ; the terminal segment of the abdomen above 

 is coppery green, with two conspicuous white spots. 

 Sculpture. — The head and prothorax are thickly punctured, the 

 scutellum sparingly so ; the elytra have eleven punctate 

 striae, of which the second from the suture is composed of 

 scattered punctures, the tenth is abbreviated, the remainder 

 are nearly entire. 

 Inhabits Africa. 



