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tropics, and that they are found in much colder temperature than is 

 generally believed. There are several genera of Scarabaeidae, besides 

 Oryctes, found on the Himalayas, as yet uncharacterized ; some of them 

 approaching African types. 



MELOLONTIIID.E. 



Some of the Melolonthae of Nepal are closely allied to our British M. 

 vulgaris ; others again, with the margins of the thorax serrated, evince 

 their affinity to tropical species. Geniates, Apogonia, &c. are common 

 to the Himalayas, the whole continent of India, and the Southern Isles. 



MIMEL.^: AND EUCHLORA. 

 These genera appear peculiar to the East : in a monograph, read be- 

 fore the Entomological Society, there are thirteen Mimelae described; 

 several from Nepal. Euchlora appears wherever Mimela ranges, and is 

 more abundant in species. 



POPILLIA. 



This genus appears nearly equally abundant in Asia and Africa, and is 

 common to the Old and New World. Fourteen species have been col- 

 lected in Nepal. The following genera of Melolonthidae, also, viz. Ano- 

 mala, Hoplia, Apogonia, and Adoretus, occur in the same territories. 



TRICHIID^. 



Acanthurus, Trichius, and Dicronocephalus, inhabit the Himalayas. 

 The first of these forms approaches our European type, the latter is the 

 representative in India of what Goliathus is in Africa, and Incas in Sou - 

 thern America. Goliatidse is a conspicuous family, and may justly be 

 ranked among the most extraordinary forms of the Insect world. 



CETONIAD^. 



Although I described seventeen species from Nepal, Dr. Royle's col- 

 lection appears to contain at least six more, entirely new. Campsiura 

 xanthorhina, Hope, is represented in Africa by Cetonia scutellata, Jab* 

 C. cornuta. Jab. is found in Africa, as well as Asia. I am acquainted 

 with more than 111 species from India, and from this surprising number 

 still likely to be greatly increased, it is evident that the metropolis of 

 Cetoniadse is situated in the tropical regions. 



BUPRESTID.E. 

 Of this superb and extensive family, comprising at present more than 

 one thousand species, existing in the cabinets of Europe, the most mag- 

 nificent inhabit India ; the splendid Sternocera and giant Catoxantha 



