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31 (30). Pvgidium not spotted suturalis De Borre. 



32 (1). Hind claw cleft. 



33 (44). Scutellum small. 



34 (37). Lower surface entirely dull. 



35 (36). Head densely scaly obducta Mots. 



36 (35). Head scarcely scaly sulphureiventris Redt. 



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, sp. n. 



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



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



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



ECTINOHOPLIA F0RM0SANA, Sp. 11. 



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

 interspersis, clensissime vestita, capite 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, scntello minuto ; elytris depla- 

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

 pedibus gracilibus, tibia antica dentibus tribus approximatis 

 armata, pedum posticornm ungue integro : 



S , f ronte squamis rotundatis parum nitidis sat crebre vestito ; 

 5 , f ronte setis angustis sat parce vestito, metasterni et 

 abdominis subtus medio squamis argenteis ornato. 



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



Hah. Formosa. 



This is intermediate between E. rufipes Mots, and E-. gracilipes 

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

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

 distinguish it. From E. gracilipes it differs 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 setse, replaced in the male by more closety-set large 

 round scales. 



Ectinohoplia inscripta, sp. ii. (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 

 fceminse 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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