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Sp. 28. Punctata. — Belonging to Mr. W. Sharpe 

 MacLeay's genus Pelidnota. About ten species 

 are mentioned in De Jean's Catalogue, but double 

 that number will be found in different collections. 

 The genus Chrysina Kirby, published in the Zoolo- 

 gical Journal appears to unite Pelidnota with Sca- 

 rabaeus Macropus Francillon. 



Sp. 29. Viridis.— The type of Euchlora MacLeay. 

 In my collection there are twenty species. The 

 French writers seem to confound Mimela Kirby with 

 Euchlora M.L. Chrysea of Kollar, which is men- 

 tioned by De Jean, belongs to the former genus. 



Sp. 30. JEneus. — Type of Dr. Leach's genus 

 Repsimus ; there are four species known. 



Sp. 31. Suturalis. — Now the type of a new genus, 

 which I have named Stethaspis. 



Sp. 32. Bicolor. — The native country of this in- 

 sect is stated by Fabricius to be the Cape of Good 

 Hope ; this is erroneous, as it is only met with in 

 the East Indies. The species of Euchlora are more 

 numerous than in the allied genus Mimela. 



Sp. 35. Morio. — I have added a mark of inter- 

 rogation to this species, being doubtful if it really 

 belongs to the genus Chalepus ; according to Illiger, 

 Melolontha Hottentotta is the same insect. 



Sp. 37. Rufipennis. — This insect is unknown to 



