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First sternite with extremelj^ fine punctures on disk, and coarser ones 

 toward apex; lateral groove on posterior half or less, often absent, 

 anterior half with median punctate process but without the usual 

 keel. Tergites not shagreened, with coarse punctures terminating in 

 even rows, removed from apices by distances scarcely exceeding the 

 width of the punctures; tergites 2 to 6 with apical rows of coarse 

 brown hairs; marginal incised line complete over dorsum; sternites 

 2 to 5 with conspicuous apical rows of brown hairs; fifth sternite 

 with lateral process weakly developed or altogether absent. Length, 

 9 to 10.5 mm. 



Disti'ibution. — Japan; Keikido, Chosen; Fukien, China. 



The description of the male and the descriptive notes on the female 

 are based on a selected male specimen from Suigen, Chosen, insectary 

 reared, Jap. Beetle Par. Exp. No. 335, and the following specimens 

 in the collection of the Japanese Beetle Laboratory : From Kowai, 

 Japan, 1 female, August 1926. From Suigen, Chosen, 1 male, May 

 10, 1923 (Clausen) ; 1 female, August 10, 1924 (Sato), Clausen No. 

 1860; 1 female, August 15, 1925 (Sato), Gardner No. 15; 2 females, 

 August 19, 1926 (Gardner) ; 3 males and 1 female, August 23, 1926,' 

 Exp. 210 (Gardner) ; 1 female, August 26, 1926 (Gardner) ; 1 female,' 

 August 29, 1926, Exp. 210 (Gardner) ; 24 females, August 1924 

 (Gardner), Gardner No. 15; 17 males and 27 females, insectary 

 reared, Riverton Exp. 210, 1926; 29 males and 3 females, insectary 

 reared, Riverton Exp. 335, 1927; 1 male, insectary reared, Exp. 335j 

 August 9, 1927; 6 males, insectary reared, August, 1927; 2 females, 

 insectary reared, Riverton Exp. 310, 1927; 1 female, insectary reared, 

 Riverton Exp. 316; 2 females, insectary reared, August 1927; 1 male. 

 Gardner No. 15. From Kuliang, China, 2 females. August 16, 1926 

 (Jen), and 1 male, 1926 (Jen). 



One additional female, Suigen, Chosen, August 19, 1925 (Clausen) 

 Rohwer No. 11, placed here although it varies from the typical form 

 in having no impunctate stripe on hypopygium. The specimens 

 from China are very poor, and are not suitable for a thorough com- 

 parison. They vary slightly from the other material, but if they 

 are not of this species they are exceedingly close to it. Representa- 

 tive specimens have been deposited in the collections of the United 

 States National Museum, the British Museum, the Illinois Natural 

 History SurA^ey, and the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. 

 Specimens in our collection from Suigen, Chosen, were compared 

 with the type in the British Museum by Gahan and Waterston, both 

 of whom consider them to be of the same species. The type is 

 labelled " Japan, 21.7.81. (Cameron coll. 1901-261.) '' It is a female, 

 although in the original description it is listed as a male. This 



