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2 to 5 with impunctate margins at middle about three times the widtli 

 of largest apical primary punctures. Pygidium densely and uni- 

 formly punctate on lower three-fifths, with a small, nearly impunctate 

 emargination; apex wrinkled and strongly shagreened. Length, 9.5 

 to 11 mm. 



Male. — Differs from the closely related 'phyllophagae in the follow- 

 ing characters. The clypeoantennal distance is one and one-fourth 

 times the apical width of the clypeal extension. The propodeal 

 areola is without concave sides, being apparently longer, at least one 

 and one-half times its width, and only very slightly convergent; the 

 median carina is variable in length, but is usually half as long as 

 the areola, scarcely thicker than the lateral carinae, and not broadly 

 flattened on top. Denticle of fifth sternite is vestigial and much less 

 conspicuous; no denticles on the two preceding sternites. 



Dib-tribution. — Chekiang and Fukien. China; Iwate and Kana- 

 gawa, Japan. 



Type and allotype.— Q>qX. No. 41791, U.S.N.M. Type, female, 

 Hangchow, China. September 18, 1924, K4; allotype, male, Kuliang, 

 China (Jen). 



Paratypes. — In the collection of the U. S. National Museum : Three 

 females from Hangchow, China, labeled, respectively, September 19, 

 1924, 04, September 20, 1924, W4, and September 9, 1925, YG (Chao) ; 

 from Ningpo, China, 4 females labeled, respectively, July 1, 1925 

 (Jaynes), August 28, 1925, D8, September 3, 1925, DIO, and Septem- 

 ber 8, 1925, D17; from Kuliang, China, 9 females, August 16, 1926 

 (Jen), 1 male, August 29, 1926 (Jen), 6 females, 1926 (Jen), 2 

 males, September 1, 1926 (Jen) ; from Koiwai, Japan, 4 females, 

 September 1, 1921 (Clausen) ; from Yokohama, Japan, 1 female, 

 September 1, 1921 (Clausen) ; from Tokyo, Japan, 1 female, Novem- 

 ber 21, 1921 (King). Retained in the collection of the Japanese 

 Beetle Laboratory: One female, Hangchow, China, August 19, 1924, 

 S2; 1 male, Kuliang, China (Jen). Deposited in the collection of 

 the Illinois Natural History Survey : One female, Hangchow, China, 

 September 4, 1924, Y3; 1 male, Kuliang, China (Jen). Deposited 

 in the British Museum: One female, Ningpo, China, July 27, 1925 

 (Jaynes) ; 1 male, Kuliang, China (Jen). Deposited in the Phila- 

 delphia Academy of Natural Sciences : One female, Ningpo, China, 

 September 11, 1925; 1 male, Kuliang, China (Jen). 



A number of males were collected at Kuliang, China, together with 

 females of inconspicua, and were associated with the females on the 

 basis of this fact and of the unquestionably close resemblance to 

 phyllophagae paralleling the resemblance between the females of 

 these two species. 



