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and the slight sinuation noticed by Harold in describing 

 ]\f. japonica is absent. The male lias the clypeus less 

 rounded than in that species, and the female 1ms the last 

 abdominal segment straight and not emarginate posteriorly. 



It is very like .1/. incana, Mots., from N. China and Korea, 

 but is rather larger, less shining, with the pygidium more 

 pointed, the clypeus not truncate, and the mesosternal process 

 shorter. 



The species with a distinctly produced sternal process are 

 at present separated as Hoplosternus, but I am not able to 

 recognize that genus. The sternal process is very inconstant, 

 and, if accepted as a generic character, would lead to the 

 two sexes of Melolontha guttigera, Sharp, being placed one 

 in Melolontha and the other iu Hoplosternus. 



Rutelinje. 



I am unable to find any characters sufficient for the 

 retention of Anomala, Euchlora, and Phyllopertha as separate 

 genera, and, omitting A. flavilabris, Wat., and difficilis, Wat., 

 which are better placed in the genus Mimela, I regard the 

 seventeen Japanese species enumerated by Mr. Lewis under 

 these various names as belonging to Anomala, and that 

 number must be considerably increased. 



The Japanese insect called A. mongolica, Fald., although 

 closely related to it, is distinguishable, being equally closely 

 related to A. cuprea, Hope. It may be called 



Anomala japonica, sp. n. 



Supra saturate viridis, submetallica, subtus cum pedibus rufo- 

 cuprea, corpore supra omnino densissime punctato, clypeo 

 transverso subarcuato, pronoti basi hand marginato ; elytra 

 linea punctata juxta-suturali aliisque vix perspicuis impressis, 



postice modice late membranaeeis ; pygidio crebre et minute 

 granosorugoso, basi parce piloso, pectoris abdominisque lateribus 

 albido-hirsutis, pedum 4 anteriorum ungue majori fisso : 



S , tibia? anticae dente supero obsoleto : 



5 , tibia antica bidentata, dente apicali sat longo. 

 Long. 19-25 mm. ; lat. max. 10-14 mm. 



Hab. S. Japan : Niigata ; Kokea : Kang-hwo (Miss 

 Scarlett). 



This is larger on the average than A. mongolica. less 

 shining, and more finely, densely, and uniformly punctured 

 above, and the pygidium is less hairy. It is very closely 

 allied to A. cuprea, but differs, besides its green and scarcely 

 metallic upper surface, in being more strongly and densely 



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