44 Mr. Newman's Descriptive List 



17. POPI. VIRESCENS. 



Lcel^ cenea, nitidissima ; elytra testacea, fulgore metallico nitida; 



antennce testacece, capitido nigro ; pedes brunnei, fulgore cuprco 



7nicantes, metatarsis piceis ; podex ccneiis, inlis albis hisignatus. 



(Long. corp. '45 unc, lat. '3 unc.) 

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



Colour. — Golden green, very brilliant ; antennae testaceous, with 

 black lamellae ; the elytra are testaceous, with a beautiful 

 metallic splendour ; the legs are brown, with splendid metal- 

 lic tints, the hind tarsi are piceous ; the terminal segment of 

 the abdomen above is golden green, with two white spots. 



Sculpture. — The head is thickly punctured ; the punctures of the 

 prothorax are scattered and very minute ; the scutellum is 

 nearly impunctate ; the striae of the elytra are punctured, the 

 punctures are distant and irregular. 



Inhabits the East Indies. Communicated from Nepaul, by the 

 late General Hardwick. 



18. POPI. MARGINICOLLIS. 



Lcete cenea nitidissima ; clypeo, antennis, jnothoracisque marginlhus 

 testaceis ; elytra testacea, suturd cened ; pedibus testaceis, fulgore 

 metallico nitidis ; elytra striata, striis j)unctis ; podex ceneus, 

 pills albis bislgnatus. (Corp. long. '45 unc, lat. "275 unc.) 

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



Colour. — Bright golden green, with the clypeus, antennae and 

 margins of the prothorax testaceous ; elytra testaceous, with 

 a green suture ; legs testaceous, with a metallic tint ; the 

 terminal segment of the abdomen above golden green, with 

 two conspicuous white spots. 

 Sculpture. — Head thickly punctured ; prothorax thickly punc- 

 tured, but the punctures so minute as only to be visible 

 under a lens of high power ; scutellum with a few scattered 

 punctures; the striae are much more regular than in the pre- 

 ceding species of this group. 

 Inhabits the East Indies. Communicated from Nepaul, by the 

 late General Hardwick. 



19. Popi. biguttata. 

 Lcete cenea ; antennce nlgrce ; elytra testacea, suturd cened, apice 

 lat^ nigro ; pedes cenei, tarsls nigris ; jwdex ceneus, pills albis 

 bislgnatus ; elytra striata, strlls jninctls. (Corp. long. '35 unc. 

 lat. '2 unc.) 



