502 New Coleoptera from Madagascar. 



MELOLONTHINiE. 



Lepidiota pygidialis, n. s. 



Ovalis, sat convexa, nitida, fusca ; capite thoraceque 

 fortiter jjunctatis, punctis squamuliferis, elytris testaceis 

 sat fortiter punctatis, calvis, pygidio planato, creberrime 

 punctate, apice longe acuminato paulo reflexo fere Isevi, 

 abdomine piceo crebre punctulato, breviter pallid e piloso. 

 Long. 12 lin. 



Elongate-ovate, moderately convex, the elytra without 

 costae. The head and thorax are strongly punctured; 

 the punctures are clearly defined, close together on the 

 front of the head and sides of the thorax, well separated 

 on the disk of the thorax ; each bearing a small round 

 whitish scale. The thorax obliquely narrowed in front 

 from considerably in front of the middle ; the sides pos- 

 teriorly very gently sinuous. Scutellum a curvilinear, equi- 

 lateral triangle, with a few strong punctures. The elytra 

 are yellowish testaceous, with -the margins below the 

 shoulders brown ; the punctuation is moderately strong, 

 not very close. The form of the pygidium is remarkable. 

 It is rather flat, thickly punctured (the punctures having 

 a tendency to unite longitudinally), finely margined ; the 

 apex is prolonged into an acute process, which makes a 

 very obtuse angle with the body of the pygidium ; the 

 process is smooth, except some punctures along its mar- 

 gins. The anterior tibise have two short teeth. The 

 third joint of the antennae is scarcely longer than the 

 fourth. 



Hah. Antananarivo {Shaw) ; Fianarantsoa (Coivan). 



