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clary punctures usually less numerous than primaries except on 

 posterior slope, sparse on upper disk, almost lacking ventrally, a 

 deep groove or abruptly impressed line of demarcation extending 

 along the posterior border to the spiracle. Scutellum variable. 

 Metanotum with apical callosity; primary punctures of first-degree 

 density and nearly as large as those of the scutellum. Wings with 

 the radial cell equalling, the third cubital cell. Propodeum with the 

 areola keystone-shaped, about one and one-fourth to one and one- 

 half times as long as wide, carinae highest and thickest at apex of 

 areola, median carina usually confined to upper half of areola, inter- 

 spaces flat and polished ; dorsum outside areola with sparse primary 

 punctures; posterior aspect finely setulose and densely rugose- 

 punctate without round primary punctures, with a median carina 

 on lower half or less. First tergite beset with large, dimpled prim- 

 ary punctures, those at the apex usually separated from edge of fold 

 by a distance not greatly exceeding the average diameter of primary 

 punctures ; without preapical band, but with a deep preapical over- 

 lapped groove thickened apically and largely concealing a row of 

 vestigial apical punctures. First sternite vaguely punctate, anteri- 

 orly without a definite median keel; apical fossa crenulate; lateral 

 grooves on lower third or less. Tergites 3 to 5 with dense, erect, 

 short, brown pile extending in abundance to lateral edges of tergites ; 

 tergite 6 somewhat less densely brown-setulose ; no impunctate mar- 

 gin at apex of segments; marginal incised line complete over the 

 dorsum. Sternites with the usual whitish pile but lacking the dense, 

 erect, short, brown pile found on the dorsum. Length, 7 to S 

 mm. 



Distribution. — Kiangsu, China. 



Type and allotype. — Cat. No. 41775, U.S.N.M. Type, female, and 

 allotype, male, Penniu, China, Insectary Reared No. 205. 



Pm^atypes. — Retained in the collection of the Japanese Beetle 

 Laboratory: One male and one female, Penniu, China, Insectary 

 Reared No. 205. Deposited in the collection of the British Museum : 

 One female. Kuliang, China, August 16, 1926 (Jen), and 1 male, 

 Penniu, China, Insectary Reared No. 205. Deposited in the collec- 

 tion of the Illinois Natural History Survey: One female, Kuliang, 

 China, August 16, 1926 (Jen), and 1 male, Kuliang, China, 1926 

 (Jen). Deposited in the colletion of the Philadelphia Academy of 

 Natural Sciences: One female, Kuliang, China, August 16, 1926 

 (Jen), and 1 male, Kuliang, China, 1926 (Jen). Deposited in the 

 U. S. National Museum: One male, 6C-1. emerged June 5, 1926, and 

 3 males, Kuliang. China, 1926 (Jen). 



The specimens labelled " Insectary Reared No. 205 " were the 

 progeny of females collected in China. In the rearing work, the 

 females of this species were not completely segregated from communis 



