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Characters of new or little hnoum species of the Coleopterovs 

 genus Hoplia ; by Chas. O. Waterhouse. 



MELOLONTHID^. 



Hoplia aurantiaca, n. sp. 



Oblonga, parum convexa, rufo-picea, squamis aurantiacis et 

 ochraceis fulgidis dense vestita. Long. 3 lin., lat. 1\ lin. 



A pitchy red species densely clothed (even on the legs and 

 tarsi) Avith bright golden and ochraceous round scales, the 

 ochraceoiis scales form on the thorax a patch above each ante- 

 rior angle and a line on each side of the middle, on the elytra 

 a small spot on the side (about the middle), and a larger oblique 

 sub-apical patch which does not reach the suture, these ochra- 

 ceous scales ajipear also golden when viewed obhquely ; beneath 

 each shoulder is a round brownish spot. The scales on the 

 abdomen and pygidium are more silvery. Clypeus with the 

 margins strongly reflexed and the angles much roimded. Thorax 

 a httle narrower than the elytra, \ broader than long, distinctly 

 narrowed in front and behind, angular at the sides, regularly 

 convex. Elytra \ longer than broad, moderately depressed 

 above (but not flat), the sides sub-parallel, scarcely arcuate, the 

 sub-apical callosity very little prominent. In some lights the 

 golden scales on the elytra present a mark like an a?, embracing 

 the more ochreous scales. Anterior tibiae with three teeth. 



Varieties, (1) The ochraceous markings replaced by more 

 fuscous scales, the markings more extended. (2) Scales dvi^ky 

 brown, an m shaped mark on the thorax, and an x on the elytra 

 obscure golden. 



Hab. Java (Dr. Ploem). 



Hoplia BoiV7'ingii, n. sp. 



Oblonga, picea, squamis argeiiteo-aureis densissime vestita ; 

 elytris dorsim leviter quadri-impressis. Long. 3 lin., lat. 1-| lin. 



