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Habitat in Silhet. 



Totum corpus supra nigrum ; clypeo antice 2-dentato. MandibulcB apicibus acutis, denti- 

 culatae, dente majori ad basin armatae aliisque minoribus ante apicem instructae. 

 Thorax angulis anticis fere rectis, postice utrinque dentatus. Pedes tibiis anticis multi- 

 dentatis, quatuor posterioribus unidentatis. 



Sp. 7« LucANUs Buddha. 



Niger nitidus, mandibulis vald^ porrectis capite thoraceque longioribus denti- 

 culatis. 



Long. lin. 21 ; lat. lin. 6. 



Habitat in Silhet. 



Caput antice valde excavatum, angulis omnibus subrotundatis. Mandibula thorace capite- 

 que longiores, denticulatae, dente ad basin robusto, 2do minori, 3tio majori, reliquis 

 minutis, apicibusque subfurcatis. Tfiorax capite latior, marginatus. Elytra thorace 

 minora, fere recta, nigra, nitida. Pedes tibiis anticis externe serratis, mediis unispi- 

 nosis, posticis inermibus. 



GoLiATHiD^, Lamarck. 

 DiPHYLLOMORPHA, Hope. 



Sp, 8. DiPHYLLOMORPHA MeaRSII. TaB. X. fig. 1. 



Supra viridis, disco roseo-opalino tincto, femoribus tibiisque virescentibus 

 flavo-ciliatis. 



Long. lin. 10^ ; lat. lin. 4. 



Habitat in montibus Himalayanis. 



Caput oblongo-quadratum, margine exteriori parum reflexo; oculis magnis, nigris. An- 

 tenruB articvdo Imo crasso viridi, sex sequentibus piceis, lamella foliate nigra interne 

 flavo-ciliata. Thorax convexus, marginibus externis subelevatis, disci lateribus punc- 

 tulatis. Elytra acuminata, viridia, nigro marginata, disci medio opalino colore nitente. 

 Corpus infra aurato-viride, abdominis segmentis colore saturatiore inquinatis. Pedes 

 quatuor anteriores rugoso-spinosi, bini postici rugosi flavo ciliati, tarsis nigricantibus. 



The above insect is named in honour of G. Mears, Esq., late of the East 

 India Company's service, and an assiduous collector of Indian entomology. 



It will be seen that I regard the present species as the type of a distinct 

 genus closely allied to Rhomborhina. I know of no instance in the Cetoniadce 



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