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reflexis ; capite toto disperse punctulato ; thorace transversa, 

 a bast usque ad apicem subrotundatim angustato disperse punc- 

 trtlato, lateribus vage multi-impresso, marginibus reflexis medio 

 basi immarginato piano, anguUs postids valde obtusis ; elytris 

 jjunctato-sfriatis vix costatis, interstitio 2do lata confuse 

 punctata; pggidio fere Icevi ; pectare breviter sparsim puhes- 

 centi. Spina sternalis gracilis, elangata, acuta. Unguis e.v- 

 teriare tarsorum 4 anticorum sat gracilis, flssui, S 5 . Anten- 

 narum clava utroqiie seocu elongata {in 2 vix brevior). 

 S . Pygidium versus apicem convexum; segmentum ventrale api- 

 cal e breve. 

 2 . Pygidium cequaliter modice convexum ; segmentum ventrale 



apicale elongatum. 

 Long. 14—17 millim. 

 Geiisan ; many examples. 



Agrees with the section Spilota {sensu Dejean) in most of its 

 characters, 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 seetns when the labrum in all the Anonialee is more 

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

 followed Erichson in giving it as inflexed and emarginated. Such 

 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 gnschkevitschi, Motschulsky, Etnd. Ent. i8.'i7, 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 Gensan. 



Mimela fusania. 



M. chinensi (Kirby) proxime affinis ; aureo- vel ceneo-viridis apud 

 latera testacea-translucens, subtus {cum pedibus) testaceo- 

 anea, fusco-cuprea vel Icete cuprea, fere nucla ; clypeo riigoso- 

 punctulato, frante et thorace disperse punctulatis hoc crebre 

 minutissime punctidato, linea dorsali lateribusque vage impressis 

 margine Integra ; elytris sat grosse passim punctatis, costis 

 ordinariis distinctis Icevibus interstitio 2do lata ; pygidia sculp- 

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

 Fusan ; many examples. 



Exactly similar in form and sculpture to the form of Ji". 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 Miinela lutei- 

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

 testaceo-villoso " 



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