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puncture, the scales on the Vertex flner than those on the clypeus. 

 Thorax blackish, rather closely, but quite indistmctly punctured, with 

 a very fine seta-like scale in each puncture; the sides are a good 

 deal narrowed towards the front, the base not sinuate near the bind 

 ähgles, the lateral margin crenulate. Elytra of a dull reddish colour, 

 quite opaque, with sparing, fine punctures, which are concealed by a 

 white scale placed in each, near the apex of each. is a very sraall 

 patch of white scales Pygidium closely and finely ' punctured and 

 with a very fine greyish pubescence. Undersurface densely covercd 

 with a fine short greyish pubescence, which is absent from the middle 

 of the metasternum , and more scanty along the middle of the ab- 

 dominal segments. Legs rather short and stout. 



This species is closely allied to L. Umacuhta Saunders, but is 

 smaller and has the white scales of the upper surface larger and 

 more numerous , and differs when the two are compared in other 

 numerous details. L. albistigma Burm. is probably another closely 

 allied species, but Burmeisters description though short does not satis- 

 factorily apply to this species. The individual I have described is no 

 doubt a female. 



Lepidiota mimda (n. sp.): Ovalis, fusca, nitida, supra squamulis 

 minutis (in capite major ibusj vestita, subtus griseo-squamosa , ■metasterno 

 pube depressa vestito ; elytris sat wehre punctatis . interstitiis crebre 

 punctulatis. — Long. 34 null. 



Sarawak. 



Rather narrow and regularly oval in outline. Antenr.ae dark 

 pitchy. Head blackish, bearing rather narrow pale scales, distinctly 

 but not coarsely nor densely punctured, a little shining, clypeus rather 

 long, slightly emarginate, very rounded on each side, finely margined. 

 Thorax much narrowed towards the' front, the front angles not pro- 

 minent, the lateral margins crenulate, the base sinuate on each side 

 near tho bind angles, which are obtuse and not rounded; the sur- 

 face is shining being moderately closely and not finely punctured, 

 and bearing very numerous, small, pointed pale scales, the scales 

 along tho middle are much coarser than at the sides. Scutellum 

 rather coarsely punctured and bearing rather coarse scales. Elytra 

 with a dark reddish or purplish tingo, which is most conspicuous at 

 the sides wbore it forms an obscure band close to tho margin which 



