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slightly obtuse but not rounded, and the base strongly excised 

 before the scutellum, which bears only a few minute punc- 

 tures. Each elytron bears five equidistant punctured strise, 

 which are lightly impressed, with the intervals scarcely con- 

 vex. The pygidium is coarsely transversely rugose and bears 

 two rather large compact patches of whitish hairs at the base. 

 The ventral segments are divided laterally by median carinae, 

 and each bears a double fringe of stiff hairs. The meso- 

 sternum is produced into a moderately long and acute process. 



$ . The legs are very short and thick, and the front tibia 

 bears two very minute sharp teeth placed close together at 

 the extremity. 



Length 11 mm. ; breadth 6 mm. 



Bab. ASSAM : Patkai Hills (Doherty). 



I know only a single specimen (in the British Museum). 



Popillia moiigolica, sp. n. (Fig. 5.) 



Testacea, capite toto, pronoto (lateribus vage flavis exceptis), scutello 

 corporeque subtus obscure viridibus, corpore toto viridi-metallico- 

 sutfuso, elytris plus minusve fusco-lineatis : late ovata, convexa, 

 supra nitida, clypeo subtiliter ruguloso, fronte cum vertice crebre 

 punctatis ; pronoto et scutello parce et minute punctulatis, illo 

 postice medio lsevigato, hoc apice acute angulato ; elytris pro- 

 funde striatis, striis dorsalibus 5 crebre et minute punctatis ; 

 pygidio grosse transverse stngato, basi maculis duabus grossis 

 setosis ornato ; abdominis segmentis lateraliter transversim bi- 

 sectis et biseriatim setosis ; mesosterno modice producto. 



P. mongolica is the most stout and globose species of the 

 group known to me. The prothorax is very convex and 

 round, smooth and shining, with a generally broad but rather 

 vaguely limited pale lateral border. As in P. marginicollis 

 and birmanica, the elytral strise are usually more or less 

 tinged with dark pigment, which may extend on to some of 

 the intervals. The pygidium is decorated with two large 

 tufts of white hair, and the abdominal segments are distinctly 

 doubly fringed at the sides. The mesosternal process is of 

 moderate length. 



Length 11-12 mm. ; breadth 7-7'5 mm. 



Hub. China : Hong Kong, Foh-kien. 



Popillia birmanica, sp. n. (Fig. 3.) 



Kufo-testaeea, fronte, prothoracis medio, scutello corporeque subtus 

 plus minusve viridi-eeneis, pedibus pallidis, elytris plerumque 

 I'usco-lineatis, corpore toto, elytris exceptis, viridi-metallico-tincto; 



