40 Mr. Newman's Descriptive List 



funde foreata, striis punclls. (Corp. long. '4 unc, lut. '25 

 unc.) 



a Popi. cyanea. Hope, Zoological Miscellany, p. 23. 



/3 Popi. hcryllina. Hope, Praecedenti affinis ; supra tota viricli- 

 cyanea. Sine dubio eadem species. 



y Poin. somnulosa. Obscurior, latior ; elytrorum fovece minores at 

 profundiores ccetera P. cyanece a. 

 Received from the Himalaya Mountains in Thibet by Mr. 

 Spencer, and presented to me by that gentleman. 



Colour. — Uniform beautiful dark blue, the legs being of the 

 same colour, and the antennae black ; the terminal segment 

 of the abdomen is without spots. 



Sculpture. — The head and prothorax are punctured, but on the 

 latter the punctures are very sparingly scattered posteriorly ; 

 the scutelhim is sparingly punctured; the elytra are striated, 

 and the striae deeply punctured ; on each side of the suture 

 is a deep transverse fovea, just below the scutellum. 



Inhabits the East Indies. Communicated by the late General 

 Hardwick. 



11. Popi. Adamas. 



N'lgro-cyanea, nitida, jicdihus concoloribus ; antennae nigrce ; podex 

 pilis niveis bisignatus ; elytra striata, utrinque prope suturam 

 proj'unde foveata, striis punctis. (Corp. long. "45 unc, lat. '25 

 unc.) • 



Colour. — Dark shining indigo colour, with black antennae and 

 legs, the latter exhibiting blue reflections; the prothorax has 

 a margin of white hairs, and the terminal segment of the ab- 

 domen has two conspicuous white spots. 

 Sculpture. — The anterior part of the head is thickly punctured ; 

 the prothorax is very sparingly punctured, particularly near 

 the centre and posterior margin ; the scutellum has about 

 thirty punctures ; the elytra are striated, and the striae are 

 punctured, but not very deeply ; on each side of the suture 

 is a deep fovea, just below the scutellum. 

 Inhabits the East Indies. 



12. Popi. complanata. 



Caput, prothorax et scutellum viridi-cenea ; clypeus castaneus, an- 

 tennce castanecc, capitulo nigro ; elytra testacca, complanata y 

 puncto-striata,utrinrj[ue prope suturam vage foveata; pedes castanei. 



