Lamellicorn Genus Popilha. 47 



the varietal names were applied not to definite natural forms, 

 but to similarly coloured phases of various species collectively. 



It is essential that descriptions should include the dis- 

 tinctive male characters, the females of various species of 

 this group, which is distinguished by the border of white 

 hairs on each side of the pronotum, being extremely similar, 

 while the males fall into two divisions. In that to which 

 the Ceylonese P. discalis, with lucida, chlorion, adamas, &c, 

 belong, the longer middle claw is entire, while in P. com- 

 planata and other species it is cleft. 



Five species of the group hitherto unrecognized are here 

 described. Like all its other known members, they are 

 Indian, and will be tabulated in my volume in the ' Fauna of 

 British India/ 



Popillia propinqua, sp. n. (Fig. 15.) 



Cuprea vel fusco-aanea, supra nitidissima, elytris testaceis : breviter 

 ovata, clypeo et fronte dense rugosis, pronoto antice et lateraliter 

 laevissime punctato, lateribus sat dense albo-setosis ; scutello fere 

 laevi ; singulis elytris dorsaliter transverse impressis et 5-striatis, 

 striis punctatis, interstitio subsuturali lato, antice fortiter lineato- 

 punctato ; pygidio grosse punctato, maculis magnis 2 albo-pilosis 

 basi ornato ; mesosterno compresso, curvato, acuto. 



Deep metallic green or coppery above and beneath, with 

 the elytra alone testaceous ; shortly ovate and very shining 

 above. The clypeus and forehead are densely rugose and the 

 vertex strongly punctured. The pronotum is very shining, 

 minutely punctured at the front and sides, with a close fringe 

 of white setae on each side. The scutellum is almost smooth. 

 The elytra have each a distinct transverse impression before 

 the middle and live punctured dorsal stria?, the subsutural 

 interval being broad and bearing a row of strong punctures 

 anteriorly. The pygidium is coarsely punctured and has two 

 large, round, setose patches at the base and numerous scat- 

 tered setse towards the apex. The mesosternal process is 

 strongly curved and sharp-pointed. 



o* . The inner front claw is broad, but scarcely angulated, 

 and the outer claw of the middle tarsus is entire. 



Length 8'5-10 mm. ; breadth 5-6*5 mm. 



Hub. S. India : Travancore (G. S. Imray). 



This has the closest resemblance to P. discalis and com- 

 planaia, but, with the exception of the elytra, it is uniformly 

 dark in colour, the legs, clypeus, and sides of the pronotum 

 being apparently always without the pale colouring which 

 usually tinges them in the other two species. The foveas 



