46 Mr. Newman's Descriptive. List 



nilkla ; podex pilis cinerets tectus, nullo modo signatus ; elytra 



striata, striis dorsalibuspunctisintegris. (Corp. long. "475 unc, 



lat. "25 unc.) 

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



Colour. — Golden green, shining, with the antennae, elytra and 

 legs testaceous, and tinged with a metallic splendour ; the ter- 

 minal segment of the abdomen is golden green, and clothed 

 with grey hair. 



Sculpture. — The head is thickly punctured, except posteriorly ; 

 the prothorax is thickly punctured on the sides only ; the 

 scutellum has a few minute scattered punctures ; the stria? of 

 the elytra are very regular, and deeply punctured. 



Inhabits the East Indies. Communicated from Nepaul, by the 

 late General Hardwick. 



22. Popi. nasuta. 



Cuprea ; antennce picece ; clypeus elongatus, recurvus, haud acuius ; 



elytra testacea ; pedes nigro-cenei, cupreo-varn, tarsis nigris ; 



podex ceneus, mdlo modo signatus ; elytra striata, striis dorsa- 



libus punctis integris, inter P"" et S*'" stria ahhremata puncta. 



(Corp. long. •'%5 unc, lat. "275 unc.) 



Colour. — Bright copper colour, with piceous antenna? and testa- 

 ceous elytra, the latter having a fine coppery refulgence ; 

 the terminal segment of the abdomen is bright golden green, 

 and perfectly immaculate ; the legs are nearly black, with a 

 varied coppery refulgence. 



Sculpture. — The clypeus is prolonged, and slightly recurved, its 

 anterior margin is much narrower than in any preceding spe- 

 cies ; together with the head, it is coarsely punctured ; the 

 prothorax is very finely punctured ; the stria? of the elytra 

 are punctured, regular, and entire ; between the first and 

 second, at the base, is an abbreviated stria, or rather an ab- 

 breviated series of scattered punctures. 



Inhabits the East Indies. 



23. Popi. acuta. 



Lcete eiipreo-cenea ; antennce castanets ; chjjKus elongatus, recurvus, 

 acutus ; elytra pedesque testacea, fulgore metallico nitida ; podex 

 ceneus, mdlo modo signatus ; elytra striata, striis dorsalibus 

 jmnctis integris. (Corp. long. '45 unc, lat. '275 unc.) 

 Colour. — Bright coppery green, with brown antennae and testa- 

 ceous elytra and legs, both of which have a brilliant metallic 



