LamelUcom Genus Popillia. 53 



distinguished by the broad reflexed clypeus. The elytral 

 sculpture is also slightly different. 



Popillia amabilis, sp. n. 



Viridi-aurea vel cuprea, elytris, pedibus 4 anterioribus femoribusque 

 posticis flavis, aeneo-tinctis, tarsis posticis obscuris : elongato- 

 ovalis, haud convexa, clypeo parvo, rugoso, fronte pronotoque 

 crebre et grosse punctatis, borum basi laevigato, lateribusque 

 rugatis; scutello parum punctato, elytris lineia 7 dorsalibus 

 fortiter punctatis, lateribus abrupto deplanatis ; pygidio maculis 

 2 magnis flavo-setosis fere conjunctis ornato ; processu meso- 

 sternali valido, compresso, apice rotundato. 



Rich golden-green, the elytra, front and middle legs and 

 hind femora pale yellow with a metallic-green lustre, the 

 lower surface, pygidium, and hind tibiaa generally reddish 

 golden, and the hind tarsi dark brown. 



It is elongate in shape and not very convex above. The 

 pygidium bears two large patches of yellow setse extending 

 almost across it at the base, but scarcely meeting in the 

 middle, the apex bears similar scattered setae, and the lower 

 surface is rather closely clothed at the sides. The clypeus is 

 very short and rugose, the forehead strongly and densely 

 punctured, and the pronotum coarsely and densely punctured 

 except before the scutellum, the punctures coalescing near 

 the sides. The scutellum bears only a very few punctures, 

 and the elytra have seven dorsal rows of strongly impressed 

 and punctured lines, the second line rather irregular and 

 disrupted at the base. The sutural space is broad and tapers 

 considerably at each end. There is a narrow but abrupt 

 lateral flange at the external margin. The pygidium is 

 scantily punctured and shining along the middle. The 

 mesosternal process is strong, compressed, broad, and bluntly 

 rounded at the end. 



S • The legs are stout, the front tibia armed with two 

 short sharp teeth near the end, the lower lobe of the inner 

 front claw is angulated near the base and the longer claw of 

 the middle foot entire. 



I do not know the female. 



Length 9-10 mm. ; breadth 5-6 ram, 



Bab. ASSAM: Manipur. Naga Hills (Doheriy). 



This species is very close to P. difficilis, Newm., but in 

 that the pronotum is much less strongly punctured and the 

 lateral flanges to the elytra are absent. 



The types of all the species here described as new are in 

 the British Museum. 



