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numerous than the primaries. Scutellum with impunctate apex nar- 

 rower than width of apical primary punctures. Metanotum impunc- 

 tate medially, elsewliere densely bipunctate, the primary punctures 

 scarcely half as large as the largest of the scutellum. Tegula sha- 

 greened, without abruptly thickened margins. Wings hyaline; 

 radial cell far exceeding second cubital cell; first cubital mark out- 

 lined by distinct folds and sometimes by a distinct spur arising from 

 the first abscissa of the radius. Propodeal areola with curved, con- 

 vergent lateral carinae which do not become higher as they approach 

 the apex, length of areola scarcely exceeding its basal width, median 

 carina inflated, usually terminating before apex of areola, enclosed 

 area coarsely reticulate; lower portion of sides faintly striate, with- 

 out perceptible hairs; posterior aspect smoothly and finely setulo- 

 punctate, without a median carina. Preapical band of first tergite 

 present, sometimes with its anterior border abruptly impressed, at 

 least for part of its length, rather wide though constricted at center, 

 with numerous coalesced punctures, but always with a row or partial 

 row of deep, well-separated primary punctures on posterior border. 

 First sternite distinctly bipunctate, with a moderate number of fine, 

 setulose punctures on disk; lateral groove continuous to escutcheon, 

 anterio-medial keel present. Tergites 2 to 5 with apical rows of 

 uniformly round, deep punctures, and bearing very dark, coarse hairs 

 which are arranged in an even row; impunctate margins obsolete. 

 Sternites 2 to 5 with apical rows similar to those of the dorsum but 

 even more conspicuously developed. Sternal denticles lacking. 

 Length, 8.5 to 9.5 mm. 



Female. — Not known. 



Distribution. — Fukien, China. 



Type.— Cat No. 41797, U.S.N.M. Male, Kuliang, China, August 

 27, 1926. 



Paratypes. — All males, Kuliang, China. Retained in the collec- 

 tion of the Japanese Beetle Laboratory: One, August 30, 1926. 

 Deposited in the collection of the British Museum : One, August 28, 

 1926. In the collections of the Illinois Natural History Survey and 

 the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences: One each, labeled 

 August 25, 1926. Deposited in the United States National Museum : 

 Three, 1926 (Jen). 



30. TIPHIA FUKIENSIS. new species 



Plate 2, fig. 10 



Male. — Vertex with primary punctures of nearly first-degree 

 density in a patch behind the ocellar triangle and beside the eyes, 

 intervening space nearly impunctate. Front shagreened, with a 

 median linear impression extending nearly to ocellus; primary pimc- 



