Lamellicorn Genus Popillia. 49 



Taken in some numbers by Mr. H. L. Andrewes and 

 Sir G. Hampson. 



I have explained in my preliminary remarks why the 

 names applied as varietal names to this and other forms 

 described here cannot be retained. 



Popillia eximia, sp. n. (Fig. 14.) 



Supra omnino lajte viridis : subtus cuprea, ovalis, sat convexa, nitida, 

 clypeo rugoso, fronte crebre punctato, pronoto antice et lateraliter 

 minute punctato, postice kevi, lateribus setis albidis sat anguste 

 marginatis, scutello lato, laevi, haud angulato ; singulis elytris 

 fovea profunda pone scutellum striisque 5 dorsalibus profundis 

 punctatis impressis, intervallo subsuturali haud lato, impunctato ; 

 pygidio grosse transverse punctato, basi utrinque macula haud 

 magna albo-setosa ornato ; processu mesosternali modice longo, 

 curvato, compresso. 



Bright green above and coppery beneath, with a close but 

 narrow margin of white setae on each side of the pronotum 

 and a small compact patch on each side of the pygidium. 



It is oval and moderately convex in shape and very smooth 

 and shining above. The clypeus is rugose, the forehead 

 densely punctured, the pronotum finely and scantily punc- 

 tured at the front and sides, and the scutellum almost im- 

 punctured. The last is broad and rounded at the apex. The 

 elytra have each a very large and deep impression behind 

 the scutellum and five deep dorsal striae, which are distinctly 

 punctured. The subsutural interval is scarcely wider than 

 the next and almost unpunctured. The pygidium is coarsely 

 transversely punctured, and the mesosternal process is mode- 

 rately long, compressed, curved, and pointed. 



$ . The two teeth of the front tibia are minute and sharp, 

 the lower lobe of the inner front claw is not angulated nor 

 very wide, and the longer claw of the middle feet is simple. 



Length 11*5 mm. ; breadth 7 mm. 



Bab. S. India: Nilgiri Hills (G. F. Hampson). 



A single $ specimen. 



Popillia clara, sp. n. 



Viridis vel igneo-rufa, pronoti margine parcissime griseo-hirto 

 pygiclioque utrinque fasciculo minuto ornato : ovalis, glabra, 

 nitida, clypeo rugoso, fronte crebre punctato, prothorace late- 

 raliter parce punctato ; scutello laevi ; elytris sat vage punctato- 

 striatis; pygidio grosse strigato; processu mesosternali compresso, 

 obtuso, fero recto. 



Bright metallic green or fiery red above and beneath, or 

 Ann. & May. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. xii. 4 



