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  Mr. 
  W. 
  W. 
  Saunders's 
  Descriptions. 
  

  

  brown, 
  with 
  various 
  yellowish 
  speckle-like 
  markings, 
  and 
  a 
  trans- 
  

   verse, 
  wavy 
  line 
  of 
  dots 
  on 
  each 
  elytron 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour, 
  nearly 
  

   crossing 
  the 
  disk 
  a 
  little 
  below 
  the 
  centre, 
  between 
  which 
  and 
  the 
  

   apex 
  is 
  another 
  transverse, 
  somewhat 
  lunate, 
  dotted, 
  line-like 
  

   yellowish 
  marking, 
  nearly 
  touching 
  the 
  suture. 
  Underside 
  of 
  

   body 
  bright 
  shining 
  green, 
  with 
  the 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  spotted 
  

   laterally 
  with 
  yellowish 
  white. 
  Podex 
  with 
  two 
  converging 
  rows 
  

   of 
  yellowish 
  spots. 
  Legs 
  dark, 
  bronzy-green, 
  robust. 
  The 
  two 
  

   posterior 
  pairs 
  rough, 
  with 
  deep 
  punctures, 
  and 
  fringed 
  with 
  yel- 
  

   lowish 
  hairs. 
  

  

  Length 
  -^q 
  inch. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  and 
  other 
  cabinets. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  species 
  resembling 
  in 
  some 
  respects 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   others, 
  but 
  its 
  characters 
  are 
  distinct 
  and 
  apparently 
  constant. 
  

  

  Porphyronota 
  Sinensis, 
  mihi. 
  (PI. 
  IlL 
  fig. 
  7.) 
  

  

  TTead 
  small, 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  patch 
  on 
  the 
  after 
  portion 
  pale 
  

   chesnut-brown. 
  Antennae 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  castaneous 
  colour. 
  Thorax 
  

   rounded 
  in 
  front, 
  with 
  the 
  sides 
  nearly 
  parallel, 
  the 
  hinder 
  margin 
  

   convex 
  and 
  emarginate 
  to 
  receive 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  pale 
  chesnut- 
  

   brown, 
  with 
  two 
  small 
  round 
  black 
  spots 
  immediately 
  behind 
  the 
  

   head, 
  and 
  a 
  black 
  central 
  x 
  like 
  marking 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  half 
  of 
  

   the 
  disk, 
  the 
  upper 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  x 
  being 
  in 
  shape 
  of 
  a 
  broad 
  u, 
  

   and 
  the 
  lower 
  portion 
  with 
  a 
  decided 
  angular 
  projection 
  on 
  either 
  

   leg, 
  and 
  having 
  also 
  four 
  rounded 
  somewhat 
  conHuent 
  spots 
  on 
  

   either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  x 
  like 
  marking. 
  Scutellum 
  trigonate, 
  chesnut- 
  

   brown, 
  with 
  the 
  apex 
  and 
  a 
  discoidal 
  spot 
  black. 
  Elytra 
  broader 
  

   than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  slightly 
  emarginate 
  behind 
  the 
  shoulders, 
  faintly 
  

   furrowed 
  longitudinally, 
  chesnut-brown, 
  with 
  numerous 
  short, 
  

   black, 
  line-like 
  wavy 
  markings, 
  mostly 
  dispersed 
  transversely 
  

   across 
  the 
  ridges, 
  and 
  two 
  subquadrate 
  black 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  disk, 
  a 
  

   little 
  below 
  the 
  centre. 
  Podex 
  black. 
  Underside 
  of 
  body 
  shining 
  

   black, 
  with 
  the 
  mesosternal 
  process, 
  a 
  patch 
  near 
  the 
  shoulders, 
  

   and 
  some 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  castaneous 
  brown. 
  

   Legs 
  robust, 
  black. 
  

  

  Legth 
  -/^ 
  inch. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  and 
  other 
  cabinets. 
  

  

  Taken 
  in 
  hedges 
  by 
  the 
  roadside, 
  generally 
  in 
  the 
  valleys 
  among 
  

   the 
  hills. 
  It 
  also 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Shanghai. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  very 
  closely 
  resembles 
  some 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  

   from 
  South 
  Africa, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  curious 
  to 
  observe 
  forms 
  so 
  closely 
  

   allied 
  in 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  world 
  so 
  far 
  apart. 
  

  

  