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before the middle of the elytra are deeper and the mesosternal 

 process is more pointed. The male is immediately distin- 

 guishable from that of P. complanata by the fact that the 

 outer claw of the middle tarsus is not cleft. The SBdeagus of 

 the male P. propinqua is represented at fig. 15, and that of 

 P. complanata at fig. 12. 



Popillia pulchripes, sp. n. (Fig. 10.) 



P. complanata, var. virulipennis, Kr. Deutsche eut. Zeitschr. 1892, 



p. 263. 

 P. complanata, var. testaceipes, Oh. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1897, p. 345. 



Metallico-viridis, cyanea vel cuprea, prothoracis lateribus (anguste) 

 pedibusque pallide flavis, sed tibiarum posticarum apice et tarsis 

 posticis nigris : elongato-ovaliB, convcxa, nitida, prothoracis lateri- 

 bus parce albido-setosis, pygidio maculis duabus hand magnis sed 

 compactis basi ornato ; clypeo rugoso, fronto crobre punctato ; 

 pronoto parce et minute punctato ; scutello fere impunctato ; 

 singulis elytris fovea post scutellum striisquc 5 dorsalibus punctatis 

 profunde impressis, intervallo subsuturali rnodice lato, autice 

 paulo punctato ; pygidio grosse transverse striolato ; processu 

 mesosternali compresso, curvato, subacuto. 



Uniform metallic green, blue or coppery above and beneath, 

 with the extreme lateral edge of the prothorax and the legs 

 bright orange, except the hind tarsi and the extremity of the 

 hind tibise, which are almost black. The extremity of the 

 abdomen is often orange also. 



Rather elongate-oval in shape, very smooth and shining, 

 with a scanty fringe of greyish hairs at the sides of the pro- 

 notum, a small but compact tuft on each side oE the base of 

 the pygidium, and a thin clothing at the sides of the body 

 beneath. The clypeus is rugosely, and the forehead closely, 

 punctured, the pronotum very finely and scantily (except near 

 the sides) and the scutellum almost smooth. The elytra have 

 each a deep transverse impression behind the scutellum and 

 five stronoly impressed and punctured stride, and the intervals 

 are convex, the second not much wider than the third and 

 bearing only a few punctures. The pygidium is coarsely 

 transversely punctured, and the mesosternal process is com- 

 pressed, strongly curved, and not very blunt. 



^ . The front tibia is armed with two short sharp teeth, 

 the lower lobe of the inner front claw is not angulated, and 

 the longer claw of the middle foot is not cleft. 



Length 10-12 mm. ; breadth 6-7 mm. 



Bob. S.India: Nilgiri Hills. 



