. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Scarabaeidae. 224 cetoniikj?;. 12 (15) Propyf^idium notched in the middle or nearly strai<rht. [p. 226. 13 (14) Prothorax dilated at the base waterhousei, Gestro, 14 (13) Prothorax not dilated at the base .... maculiiKnnis, Gestro, [p. 227. 16 (12) Propygidium prominent in the middle . humeralis, Gestro, 16 (11) Elytra tuberculate behind fjravis, sp. n., p. 228. 202. Oreoderus argillaceus. Valgus argillaceus, Hope* Ann. Nat. Hist. \iu, 1842, p. 302 (1841). Dark brown, clothed with not very large or close-lying greyish scales above, and with larger and denser sca
. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Scarabaeidae. 224 cetoniikj?;. 12 (15) Propyf^idium notched in the middle or nearly strai<rht. [p. 226. 13 (14) Prothorax dilated at the base waterhousei, Gestro, 14 (13) Prothorax not dilated at the base .... maculiiKnnis, Gestro, [p. 227. 16 (12) Propygidium prominent in the middle . humeralis, Gestro, 16 (11) Elytra tuberculate behind fjravis, sp. n., p. 228. 202. Oreoderus argillaceus. Valgus argillaceus, Hope* Ann. Nat. Hist. \iu, 1842, p. 302 (1841). Dark brown, clothed with not very large or close-lying greyish scales above, and with larger and denser scales beneath. The body is long and narrow. The chjpeus is rounded in front and strongly contracted in front of the eyes ; the basal joint of the antenna is large. The prono- tum is long, with a median furrow bordered on each side by a straight carina, which is produced in front into a strong tubercle directed forwards and upwards, and bearing two other smaller erect tubercles placed at equal distances posteriorly. The sides are strongly curved and each bears three equi- distant tubercles, the two posterior ones , minute, and there is another tubercle placed ^^g- ^^-^i^JZ o'^ each side of the disc before the middle. The base is strongly rounded and the hind anglesare very slightly prominent. The scutelhan is long and narrow. The elytra are narrowed from base to apex and striated, the scales being arranged in well-marked bands. The hind margin of the propygidinm is nearly straight. I have discovered no external sexual difference. Lengtli 8-9 mm.; breadth 3-5-4 mm. Madras : Mysore, Nilgiri Hills (//. L. Andrewes). Type in the Oxford Museum. 203. Oreoderus momeitensis, sp. n. Dark brown, clothed with greyish scales, usually with lighter scales forming a small transverse bar crossing the elytral suture at the middle. The body is depressed and moderately elongate. The prothorax IS narrow, with the sides curviUnear and very feebly diverging to the base, which is very convex, with the a
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