266 . Mr. Waterhouse on netr species of Ho])lia. 



Very close to the i^recediug, but relatively shorter aud broader, 

 and the scales are brighter, whiter and uniform in colour. The 

 thorax is rather broader. Elytra relatively shorter, a little more 

 convex (especially at the sutvire), rather more arcuate at the 

 sides, and on the dorsal region four very shallow impressions may 

 be traced. Legs and tarsi clothed with scales: the anterior til^ise 

 with two teeth. 



Hab. Penang (J. C. Bowring, Esq.). Brit. IMus. 



HopJia fnhjida, n, sp. 



Breviter oblonga, picea, squamis la?te aureis densissime vestita. 

 Long. 3 lin., lat. 1| liu. 



Very close to the preceding, but clothed with bright golden 

 scales, which on the elytra and pygidium are flattened as if rolled 

 together, those on the head and thorax are more yellow-golden 

 than those on the rest of the body. The thorax is narrower 

 than in either of the preceding species, and is more narrowed in 

 fi-ont and behind, and is more angular at the sides. The elytra 

 are only i longer than broad, and have a fuscous spot under each 

 shoulder ; on the disc of each elytron there is a round dark spot, 

 but this may be the result of accident, or merely a sexual mark, 

 as one specimen of H. Bownngii has a similar spot. The tarsi 

 are distinctly longer than in the preceding species, and the scales 

 which clothe the posterior pair are narrower. 



Hab, Malacca (Captain W. S. Pinwell). Brit. Mus. 



Hoplia aurnta. n. sp. 



Oblonga, dorsim depressa, picea, squamis aureis densissime 

 vestita ; elytris littera .r e squamis albis ornatis. Long. 3^ hn., 

 lat. If lin. 



Very like //. anrantiaca, but flatter on the back of the elytra, 

 and the scales which clothe the elytra and pygidium are flattened 

 as if rolled together. Thorax very convex in the middle with 

 three very slight impressions, one in the front in the middle and 

 two near the scutellum, the sides are evenly arcuate ; on each 

 side of the disc there is a fuscous spot. Elytra ^ longer than 

 broad, very flat on the back, distinctly impressed on each side 

 about the middle, a little constricted behind the shoulders, which 

 are angularly prominent : on each elvtron there is a crescent of 



