. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Scarabaeidae. 62 llUTBLIN^. 28. Popillia nasuta. Popillia ««s»i«,"Newm.* Ma<?. Nat. Hist. (2) ii, 1838, p. 337; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. iii, 1841, p. 46; Burni.,Handb. Ent. iv, 1, 1844, p. 295. Popillia acuta, Newm.,* 1. c. Golden-red, coppery or green, sometimes with the elytra less deeply suftused with metallic green lustre. It is oval, stout, and convex in shape, with coarse yellowish hairs at the sides beneath, but none upon the upper surface. The head is finely rugose; the clypeus is triangular, with the sides nearly straight and regularly approxi-
. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Scarabaeidae. 62 llUTBLIN^. 28. Popillia nasuta. Popillia ««s»i«,"Newm.* Ma<?. Nat. Hist. (2) ii, 1838, p. 337; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. iii, 1841, p. 46; Burni.,Handb. Ent. iv, 1, 1844, p. 295. Popillia acuta, Newm.,* 1. c. Golden-red, coppery or green, sometimes with the elytra less deeply suftused with metallic green lustre. It is oval, stout, and convex in shape, with coarse yellowish hairs at the sides beneath, but none upon the upper surface. The head is finely rugose; the clypeus is triangular, with the sides nearly straight and regularly approxi- mating towards the extremity, which is bluntly pointed and strongly reilexed. The pronotum is strongly convex and Tery smooth, with a few fine punctures near the frout angles; the sides are strongly rounded, the front angles slightly acute, the hind angles very obtuse, and the base not deeply emarginate. The scutelluin bears a few punctures, and the elytra bear Fig. \6.—Popillia nasuta. five deep, nearly equidistant, strongly punc- tured dorsal striae. The intervals are smooth and convex, the second having a short imperfect stria at the base. There is no lateral flange. The pygidium is coarsely transversely rugose and without tufts or hairy clothing. The mesosternal pro- cess is rather long, acute, and not compressed. The front tibiae are armed with two strong sharp teeth. c?. The inner front claw is deeply cleft, the inner lobe is broad, and both lobes are truncated at the end. The outer middle claw is long and entire. 5 . The longer claw of the front and middle feet is deeply cleft, with the lobes nearly equal and very sharp. Length, 10-11 mm.; breadth, 5"5 mm. Bombay. Types in the Oxford Museum ; co-typts in the British Museum. There is a little variation in the degree of acuteness of the clypeus, which led to the first-discovered specimens being regarded as belonging to two species. 29. Popillia cyanea. Popillia c;/a«ea, Hope,* Gray's Zool. Miscell. 1831, p. 23
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