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31 (30). Pygidium not spotted sufuralis De Jiorre. 



32 (1). Hiud claw cleft. 



33 (44). Scutellum small. 



84 (37). Lower surface entirely dull. 



35 (36). Head densely scaly ohducia 'i/Lots. 



36 (35). Head scarcely scaly sidplnweiveiitris Ueit. 



37 (34). Lower surface more or less brilliant. 



38 (43). Pygidium not shining. 



39 (40). Pronotum deeply trisulcate flavicauda, sp. n. 



40 (39). Pronotum feebly trisulcate. 



41 (42). Sutural line green, complete affinis, s]). w. 



42 (41). Sutural line blue, incomplete nitidivetitris, sp, n. 



43 (38). Pygidium brilliant nitidicaiida, sp. n. 



41 (33). Scutellum large sctitellata, sp. n. 



ECTINOHOPLIA FORMOSANA, Sp, n. 



Picea, supra et subtus squamis fulvo-cinereis, aliis pallidioribus 

 interspersis, densissime vestita, ca23ite pedibusque, femoribus 

 posticis exceptis, squamis opalescentibus minus dense tectis; parum 

 elongata, depressa, clypeo nudo, nitido, margine antico semicircu- 

 lari ; pronoto convexo, quam longiori paulo latiori, lateribus 

 medio-leviter angulatis, antice et postice contractis, angulis 

 anticis acutis, posticis obsoletis, scutello minvito; elytris depla- 

 natis, postice separatim rotundatis, ad suturse finem setis munitis ; 

 pedibus gracilibus, tibia antica dentibns tiibus approximatis 

 arraata, pedum posticorum ungue integro : 



(S , fronte squamis rotundatis parum nitidis sat crebre vestito ; 

 5 , fronte setis angustis sat parce vestito, metasterni et 

 abdominis subtus medio squamis argenteis ornato. 



Long. 8"5 mm. ; lat. max. 4 mm. 



JIab. Formosa. 



This is intermediate between E. rufij^es Mots, and E-. gracilipes 

 Lewis, and is closely similar to each. It is rather smaller than 

 E. rufipes, and the naiTower, more rounded, clypeus will readily 

 distinguish it. From E. gracilipes it difiers by its more dull- 

 coloured scales, the rather less slender and more densely scaly' 

 legs of the male, and the glistening silvery-blue and pink scales 

 at the middle of the metasternum and abdomen of the female. In 

 the latter sex the forehead is clothed with rather scattered narrow 

 opalescent setae, replaced in the male hj more closely-set large 

 round scales. 



ECTINOHOPLIA INSCRIPTA, sp. n. (Plate I. fig. 12.) 



Nigra, vel fusco-brunnea, antennis pedibusque rufis, femoribus 

 pallidioribus, corpore subtus, propygidio, pygidio, femoribusque 

 posticis dense squamis olivaceis et flavis intermixtis vestitis (sed 

 foemin^e corporis medio et femorum posticorum squamis aureo- 

 viridibus), femoribus anticis et intermediis hand dense aureo- 

 squamosis, fronte parce aureo-squamoso, pronoti lateribus et 

 angulis anticis dense, disco laxe, squamis olivaceis et flavidis 

 ornato, elytrorum marginibus anguste fasciisque tribus undulatis 

 squamis similibus ornatis ; parum elongata, capite setoso, clypeo 

 semicirculari, pronoto quam longiori paulo latiori, dorso transverse 



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