Mr. Waterhouse on neio species of Hoplia. 267 



white scales wliich together form an x, the spaces embraced by 

 these crescents appearing a httle darker than the rest of the 

 elytron ; l^elow each shoulder there is a very small fuscous spot. 

 The anterior tibia2 are tridentate. The legs and posterior are 

 clothed with scales. 



Hab. Sarawak. Brit. Mus. 



Hoplia squamacea, White. 



Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., xiv. 1844, p, 424. 



" Head, thorax, elytra and podex covered •\\dth pale yellow 

 shining scales ; underside of body covered with similar but some- 

 what paler scales, those on the side with a pinkish hue. Legs 

 ferruginous, with several hoary scales and hairs." Length 3|- lin. 



Pitchy, densely clothed with pale greenish-golden not very 

 bright roimd scales, the scales not so densely packed as in the 

 preceding species, regularly and evenly convex. Thorax a little 

 narrower than the elytra, gently rounded at the sides, the base 

 with a slight mesial lobe. Elytra ^ longer than broad, evenly 

 convex, nearly straight at the sides, shoulders blunt and not at all 

 prominent, the sub-apical callosity very slightly visible. Legs 

 rather long, sparingly clothed with small narrow Avhitish scales ; 

 anterior tibite tridentate ; tarsi without scales. 



Variety. Scales more silvery, tinged with pink. 



Distinct from all the preceding by its more evenly convex 

 form, and by the absence of scales on the tarsi. 



Hab. Hong Kong (J. C. Bowring, Esq.). Brit. Mus. 



Hoplia sqnamigera, Hope. 



Gray's Zool. Miscell, 1830, p. 24. 



" Squamosa, corpore siipra flavo-virescente, subtusque sul:>- 

 aurato, tibiis anticis bidentalis." Long. 3^ lin. 



This species has more the form of an Ectinohoplia, with 

 angular sides to the thorax, and flat elytra. Thorax at the 

 widest part | the width of the elytra, a little broader than long, 

 convex, miich narrowed in front and behind, the anterior angles 

 A'ery acute and pi'ominent, the sides strongly angular in the 

 middle, and gently sinuate l^ehind the middle, the base regularly 



