77 



coxisque posterioribus villosis , abdomine dense albido-setoso. — Long. 

 14 »/> mill. 



China. 



Head densely and coarsely, rugosely punctured , black with the 

 front of the clypeus reddish , this not emarginate. Thorax short, 

 greatly narrowed towards the front, much less towards the base which 

 is not sinuate near the hind angles , it is blaclrish in colour , closely 

 and rather coarsely punctured and bearing pale setae. Scutellum 

 short and broad , coarsely punctured and bearing pale hairs. Elytra 

 blackish, but little shining, densely and coarsely rugosely punctured 

 and bearing pale setae which are dense at the extremity, with threo 

 indistinet raised lines on the middle, and another raore distinet one 

 near the side margin. Pygidium with its sculpture concealed by 

 white long scale-like setae, these setae are mixed with hairs especially 

 towards the apex which is conically prominent. Metasternum coarsely 

 punctured and clothed with a long pubescence. Hindbody densely 

 clothed with white scale-like setae. Legs red, anterior tibiae with 

 three teeth, which are but little prominent. 



This species seems to be closely allied to L. pumila, but shews 

 numerous small points of difference besides the colour. 



Lepidiota gracilipes (n. sp.): Angustala, sordide rufescens, opaca, 

 squamis pallidis sab dense adspersa; prothorace lateribus rotundatis, sat 

 fort Her punetato; pedibus posterioribus elongatis , tarsis gracüibus. — 

 Long. 25 mill. 



Penang. 



Antennae 10-jointed, the club rather small, about eqnal in length 

 to the fivo preceding joints. Maxillary palpi rather long , the apical 

 Joint rather long and slender , and with its inner margin sinuate. 

 Labrum a little depressed in the middle but scarcely bilobed. Man- 

 dibles with their apices thin, and projeeting a little outwards between 

 the labrum and ligula. Head rather broad and short, clypeus rather 

 strongly rellcxed and not at all emarginate, it is of an obscure reddish 

 or füscous colour with the clypeal margiu nearly black , it is rather 

 coarsely punctured and bears some rather fine pah^ scalcs. Thorax 

 with the sides a good deal curved and somcwhat narrowed towards 

 the front, tili' base not sinuate, the bind angles obtuse and somewhat 

 rounded, it is of an ubscure reddish colour, somewhat coarsely punc- 



