CETONIIN/E 319 



scattered; scutellum virtually punctureless, very smooth; elytra with 

 numerous tomentose spots, of which the apical is annuliform, the 

 others transversely sinuous as a rule; costae obtusely elevated and 

 smooth, the intervals with close-set open annuli and some short 

 broken incised longitudinal lines; flanks with dense, transversely 

 interlacing incised lines; pygidium with concentric incised lines and 

 having a large tomentose area at each side, the umbo (d") strong 

 and subcentral, feebler and more apical ( 9 ) ; sterna with long coarse 

 hair; sides of the abdomen with a row of transverse tomentose spots; 

 mesosternal knob nude, tumid, transverse and arcuate, somewhat as 

 in inda. Length (cf 9 ) 10.5-12.0 mm.; width 6.7-7.5 rnm. Brazil. 

 [Cetonia lurida Fabr., adspersa Web. and fasciolata Esch.] 



*lurida Fabr. 



Pronotum without trace of discal tomentum. the lateral limb cretaceous. 

 Body narrower, more elongate and much more rhombiform than in 

 the preceding, blackish, with feeble greenish-metallic lustre above 

 and violaceo-metallic lustre throughout beneath and on the legs; 

 head strongly, almost confluently punctate, the clypeus more parallel 

 and shorter than in lurida, the sides and apex feebly reflexed, the 

 apex evenly and transversely rounded, without trace of sinus; vertex 

 with a smooth embossed prolongation from the subbasal puncture- 

 less area; prothorax a third wider than long, the sides arcuately 

 subprominent near the middle, thence feebly diverging to the 

 moderately rounded basal angles; punctures laterally moderately 

 coarse, deeply crescentic, obliquely linear near the apical angles, 

 as in the preceding medially; scutellum with one or two adventitious 

 punctures; elytra distinctly elongate, rather depressed above, the 

 two discal ridges obtuse and more feeble than in any other species of 

 this section, the suture however strongly elevated, becoming carinate 

 toward the hind angles, which are minutely dentiform; punctures 

 small and very sparse basally, closer but very irregularly lineiform 

 posteriorly, with a few incised longitudinal lines only near the suture 

 posteriorly, the flanks with transverse incised lines, very sparse 

 basally, dense posteriorly; pygidium nearly flat, with very coarse and 

 well separated, irregularly oblique incised lines and a large lateral 

 horizontally divided tomentose spot near each side; pale hairs short, 

 very coarse; mesosternal knob broad, rounded and well developed, 

 nude. Length (9) 13.0 mm.; width 7.7 mm. Panama (Nata). 



*submetallica n. sp. 



4 Mesosternal process transverse, rounded or very obtusely subangulate 

 at apex 5 



Mesosternal process as long as wide or very nearly, sharply angulate, 

 nude as usual 8 



5 Body glabrous above or nearly so, very shining, rather sparsely 

 punctured and blue-black or greenish-black in color 6 



Body distinctly pubescent above, though briefly and sparsely on the 

 elytra, not quite so shining because of the closer sculpture, greenish- 

 subaeneous to testaceous in color 7 



6 Antennal club (cf ) as long as the stem, distinctly shorter ( 9 ) Body 

 rather stout, the elytra but slightly narrowed posteriorly even in the 



