of the Species of Poplllia. 47 



splendour ; the terminal segment of the abdomen is golden 



green, and immacidate. 

 Sculpture. — The clypeus is elongated, slightly recurved, and very 



acute, and, together with the head, is thickly and uniformly 



punctured; the punctures of the prothorax are very minute; 



those of the scutellum larger, but very few in number ; the 



elytra are precisely as in P. nasutn, to which species it very 



closely approaches. 

 Inhabits the East Indies. 



S^. POPI. RUGICOLLIS. 



Caput viride, clypeo antcnnisque testacc'ts ; prothorax rugosus viridis, 

 margin'ibus tcstace'is ; pedes testucei ; elytra testacea sulcata, sul- 

 cis punctis ; podcx mgro-anieus, pilosus, nullo viodo signatus, 

 (Corp. long. '375 unc, lat. '2 unc.) 



Colour. — Head green, with testaceous clypeus and antennfe; pro- 

 thorax green, with the lateral and posterior margins testaceous; 

 scutellum green; elytra and legs pale brown; abdomen nearly 

 black, the terminal segment above is clothed with grey hairs, 

 and is perfectly immaculate. 



Sculpture. — Head coarsely punctured ; prothorax very rugose ; 

 scutellum irregularly but deeply punctured ; elytra sulcated, 

 sulci 11, punctured. 



Inhabits the East Indies. 



25. PoPI. FIMBRIATA. 



Nig)'a ; antenna; testacea;, capitulo vigro ; caput ct prothorax 

 obscure vireseentia ; elytra chalyhca, vagi jnmcto-striata ; podcx 

 pilis albis transverse manifeste l-lmeatus. (Corp. long. '3 unc, 

 lat. '175 unc.) 



Colour. —Nearly black ; antennae testaceous, with the lamellae 

 black ; head and prothorax dark green ; elytra dark indigo blue; 

 legs nearly black, with green and blue shades ; the terminal 

 segment of the abdomen has a distinct linear fringe of white 

 hair on its upper margin at its junction with the apex of the 

 elytra. 



Scidpture. — Head thickly punctured, prothorax punctured not so 

 thickly as the head, but more deeply, and very regularly ; 

 elytra with eleven interrupted series of punctures. 



Inhabits the East Indies. 



