of the Species of Popillia. 4 1 



Julgore metall'ico nitidi ; jwdex nisro-cvncus, 'pills alb'is bisigna- 



tus. (Corp. long. -45 unc, lat. •215 unc.) 



Colour. — Head metallic green, with the clypeus brown ; prothorax 

 and scutellum metallic green, the lateral margins of the for- 

 mer clothed with grey hairs ; elytra testaceous ; the terminal 

 segment of the abdomen is black, with a cupreous metallic 

 tint, and has two white spots ; the legs are brown, with me- 

 tallic tints ; the tarsi piceous. 



Sculpture — Head thickly punctured, especially between the eyes ; 

 the disk of the prothorax sparingly and slightly punctured, 

 the lateral margins punctured more coarsely ; the elytra are 

 very flat, they have punctured striae, between the first and 

 second is a series of punctures extending from the base 

 nearly half the length of the elytra, on each side of the 

 suture is a very evident but not deep fovea, just below the 

 scutellum. 



Inhabits the East Indies. 



13. POPI. LUCIDA. 



Chalybco-cenca ; antennce picece ; elytra testacea ; pedes castanc'i, 

 Julgore metall'ico nitidi; podex pi Us iiiveis hi si gnat us ; elytra 

 striata, utrinque prope suturam profunde fovcala, striis punctis. 

 (Corp. long. "3 unc, lat. '2 unc.) 



Colour. — Dark chalybeous blue, or metallic green, with piceous 

 antennae ; the prothorax has a margin of white hairs, and the 

 terminal segment of the abdomen has two white spots. 

 Sculpture. — The head is thickly punctured, especially between 

 the eyes ; the prothorax is deeply punctured, with the exception 

 of its posterior margin, and the punctures are more profound 

 than in the preceding species ; the scutellum is very shining, 

 and sparingly punctured ; the elytra are striated, and the 

 stria3 punctured ; between the first and the second striae are a 

 few scattered punctures near the scutellum. 

 Inhabits the East Indies. 



It. POPI. MINUTA. 



Sordidi cenea ; antennce nigrce ; pedes nigro-cenei ; elytra testacea, 



marginibus suturaque nigro-ceneis ; podex j^iUs albidis bisignatus ; 



elytra striata, prope suturam utrinque profundc foveata ; striis 



punctis. (Long. corp. '3 unc, lat. '2 unc.) 

 Popi. minuta. Hope, Zoological Miscellany, p. 23. 



Colour. — Head, prothorax and scutellum metallic green, with a 



