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coppery or rosy tinge ; antennae and legs nearly black, with 

 a varying metallic lustre ; elytra testaceous, with the suture 

 and margins nearly black, but tinged with a metallic lustre ; 

 the terminal segment of the abdomen above has two whitish 

 spots. 



Sculj^ture. — The head and prothorax are deeply and coarsely 

 punctured, much more so than in any previously described 

 species of this group ; the elytra are striated, the striae regu- 

 larly punctured ; between the first and second striae, near the 

 base, are twelve or fourteen scattered punctures ; on each 

 elytron near the suture is a deep transverse fovea, just below 

 the scutellum. 



Inhabits the East Indies. 



*#** Asiatic Group. 



The striae typically 10; the second stria from the suture inter- 

 rupted or wanting ; the elytra have no dorsal excavation ; the 

 terminal segment of the abdomen above has constantly two con- 

 spicuous spots composed of white hairs. 



15. PoPI. CUPRICOLLIS. 



Cupreo-cenea ; antennce nigrce ; jjedes nigro-tenci ; tarsls aterrhms ; 



elytra testacea, fulgore metallico niticla ; podex p'dis albis bis'/g- 



natus ; elytra striata, strtts punctis. (Corp. long. '425 unc, 



lat. '325 unc.) 



a P. cuprkollis. Hope, Zoological Miscellany, p. 23, vide siijira. 



/3 P. suturata. Elytra testacea sutura acnea ; caetera P. cupricollis. 



y P. formosa. Hope, Zoological Miscellany, p. 23. Elytra 



purpurea, fulgore metallico nitida ; caetera P. cvpricollis. 

 ^ P. smaragdida. Hope, Zoological Miscellany, p. 23. Elytra 

 viridi-senea, fulgore metallico nitida. 

 Colour. — a P. ciqyricollis, the normal appearance. Head, pro- 

 thorax and scutellum golden green ; antennae black; 

 elytra testaceous ; legs bronzed ; tarsi very black ; 

 the terminal segment of the abdomen above is golden 

 green, with two conspicuous white spots. 

 /3 P. suturata differs only in having tlie region of the 



suture of the elytra of a bright golden green, 

 y P. formosa differs only in having the elytra purple, 

 with a beautiful metallic lustre. 



