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lico-nitida, abdomine obscuriore. Caput eeneum, subtilissime jmnc- 

 tulatum, clypeo reflexo. Thorax viridi-aneus, nitidus, margine 

 laterali lato, vittaque media flavis. Scutellum viridi-aneum, 

 politum. Elytra longitudinaliter punctulata, testaceo-viridia. 

 Antenna: brunnea. Pedes metallico-testacei, 



Hab. in Java. 



In Museo Dora., Petty. 



Sp. 26. Euchlora splendens. Schonherr. 



Supra glabra, viridi-orichalcea, nitidissima, thorace elytrorumque 

 dorso subtiliter parce punctulatis clypeo, reflexo integerrimo. 



Hab. in China. 



In Museo Dom., Schonherr. 



It is probable that the above species is a Mimela. It is con- 

 sidered by Professor Perty to be an Euchlora. I have added Schon- 

 herr's short Latin description ; for more ample details consult the Ap- 

 pendix to Schonherr's ' Synonymia Insectorum,' tom. i, part 3, 

 page 110. 



Besides the above twenty-six species of Euchlora, there are seve- 

 ral other insects which have been comprehended under that name ; 

 for instance, E. Dalmanni of Schonherr, and Chrysea of KoUar, both 

 of which are true Mimela, and allied to M. fastuosa. Fab. ; and 

 to these may be added various species of Anomala, recorded by Fa- 

 bricius, De Jean, and others. The latter writer, in his last catalogue 

 of 1837, mentions the names of E. piligera, Japonica, chalcites : as 

 he, however, confounds Mimela with Euchlora, little reliance can be 

 placed on his authority ; they are, moreover, manuscript names, and 

 no names ought to be adopted without published descriptions, I 

 may add, that in the Dutch and other collections, about six others 

 have fallen under my notice, making in all about thirty species ; 

 which number no doubt will be considerably increased the more we 

 become acquainted with the Entomology of Oriental India. 



Mr. Waterhouse called the attention of the members present to 

 some specimens of Quadrupeds presented to the Society by John 

 Wray, Esq. These quadrupeds were procured at Minas Geraes, 

 about three hundred miles from Rio Janeiro, and consist of two spe- 

 cimens of a species of Opossum, closely allied to Didelphis Azaraa, 

 a curious pale variety of Gulo barhatus, and a specimen of Galictis 

 vittata, together with a Cavy and a Fox, which Mr. Waterhouse 

 stated he believed were undescribed. 



