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reflexis ; caprte toto disperse piinctulato ; thorace transversa, 

 a basi usque ad apicem subrotundatim angustato disperse punc- 

 tiilato, lateribus vage multi-impresso, marginibus rejle-vis medio 

 basi immarginato piano, anguHs posticis valde obtusis ; elytris 

 puncfato-striatis vix costatis, interstitio 2do lata confuse 

 punctata; pggidio fere Itvvi ; pectore breviter sparsim pubes- 

 centi. Spina sternalis (/racifis, elangata, acuta. Unguis ex- 

 teriare tarsorum 4 anticorum sat gracilis, fissus, c? 5 • Anten- 

 narum clava utroque sexu elangata {in $ vix brevior). 

 S • Pygidium versus apicem convexum ; segmentum ventrale api- 



cale breve. 

 $ . Pygidium eequaliter madice convexum ; segmentum ventrale 



apicale elongatum. 

 Long. 14-17 millim. 

 Geiisan ; mRiiy examples. 



Agrees with the section Spilota (sensu Dejea-.i) in most of its 

 cliaracters, but peculiar in the form of its labrum, which is broader 

 in the middle and pointed. This character may not prove of the 

 importance it seems when the labrum in all the Anomalee is more 

 closely examined than it has hitherto been. Authors seem to have 

 followed Erichson in giving it as inflexed and eniarginated. Sucli 

 species as I have dissected prove not to be emarginated, but to be 

 rather produced and rounded in the middle of the anterior margin. 

 The inflexion which commences nearly from the base is increased 

 near the apex, giving the false appearance of emargination when viewed 

 from above. 



MiMELA SPLENDENS, Gvll. in Schonh. Syn. Ins. i. 3, App. 

 p. 110; Burm. Handb. d. Ent. iv. 2, p. .506. 



Mimela gnschkevitsehi, Motschulsky, Etud. Ent. 18.t7, p. 32. 



Mimela simplex, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. 345. 



A common insect in Japan and Northern Formosa. Mr. Leech 

 obtained many examples at Gen-san. 



Mimela fusania. 



M. chinensi (Kirby) proxime affinis ; aurea- vel tpnea-viridis apud 

 latera testaceo-transhtcens, subtus {cum pedibus) testaceo- 

 cenea, fusco-ciiprea vel Icete cuprea, fere nuda ; clypeo rugoso- 

 pu7ictulato, fronte et thorace disperse punctulatis hoc crebre 

 mimitissitne punctidato, linea dorsali lateribusque vage impressis 

 margine integro ; elytris sat grosse passim punctatis, castis 

 ordinariis distinctis Icevibus interstitio 2do lato ; pygidio sculjj- 

 turis curvatis discretis medio Iceviore. Long. \A-\b millim. 

 Fusan ; many examples. 



Exactly similar in form and sculpture to the form of M. chinensis 

 (Kir.) met with abundantly on the Lower Yang-tsze Kiang ; but 

 differing constantly in its darker colour, the Chinese species being 

 yellow-testaceous tinged with brassy. It cannot be Mimela lutei- 

 pennis, Motsch., Peking, as that species is described as " abdomine 

 testaceo-villo.10 " 



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