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sido. Elytra very dull , of a faint reddisli colour with an olivaceous 

 tinge, with sparing, scar'cely visible punctures, eacli of whicli bears 

 an excessively minute pale scale. Pygidium with sparing small scales. 

 Metasternum and bind coxae witb a sbort but rather dense pale 

 pubescence. Hind body olivaceous-grey, quite dull, with rather scanty 

 wbite scales, which are most dense down the middle of the segments, 

 so as to cause a spotted appearance there. Front tibiae with the 

 three teoth very large; the legs rather slender; the two projections 

 on the middle tibiae distinct. 



The individual described is a male and has the club of the an- 

 tennae rather longer than joints 2 — 7 together. 



Lepidiota pedator (n. sp.): Opaca , griseo-olivacea , elytris rußs- 

 centibus ; thorace sat crebre punctato , punctis squamulis minutissimis ; 

 elytris parce punctatis, lineis tribus obsoletis ; metasterno femoribusque 

 pubescentibus, abdomine parce albido-squamoso. — Long. 30 mill. 



India bor. 



Head rather small , coarsely punctnred , each punctnre bearing 

 a white scale, clypeus distinctly emarginate; thorax narrow, a good 

 deal narrowed in front of and behind the middle, the lateral margins 

 crenulate; it is of a greyish olivaceous colour, covered moderately 

 closely with somewhat fine but deep punctures, each of which bears 

 a small white scale. Scutellum impunctate. Elytra reddish, with an 

 olivaceous tinge, the lateral margins and suture narrowly infuscate; 

 sparingly and finely punctnred , each puncture with a very minute 

 pale scale; each elytron with three indistinct lines, along the edges 

 of which are a very few , slightly larger scales. Pygidium with 

 scanty narrow white scales. Metasternum and hind coxae very densely 

 pubescent, the femora also with much pubescence; the hindbody dull, 

 not very densely sprinlded with distinct white scales. Front tibiae 

 fcridentate, the upper tooth rather large. Hind femora rather stout. 



The individual described is I believe a male; it has the club of 

 tlic antennae about as long as the othor joints together; I obtained 

 it from Lafertes collcction in which it was labelled „Lepidiota olivacea 

 Bonn.?", but on comparing it with Burmeisters description I feel 

 pretty Bure it is an allied but distinct species. It is allied to L. tri- 

 dens but is not half the si/e, it has the legs shorter and stouter, the 



