CLEBOTA. 67 



the pronotuui, the entire scutellum and two large spots upon each 

 elytron, placed longitudinally and some- 

 times coalescino; to form a broad stripe 

 which extends from the front margin to 

 a little before the apex. The sides of 

 the pygidinm, scutellum, hind coxae 

 and ventral segments are also orange- 

 coloured. 



The cli/peus is long, scarcely contracted 

 before the eyes, impressed and punctured 

 on each side and biangulatate at the end. 

 The 2i''onotum is depressed behind and 

 strongly lobed, and without punctures 

 Y^„ ig except near the lateral margins. The 



Clerota'vitt'igcm. latter are elevated, curved, scarcely 



angulated in the middle and the 

 posterior angles are acute. The scutellum is smooth and sharply 

 pointed. The ehjtra have some lines of punctures which do not 

 reach either extremity, and the apices are finely strigose. The 

 pycjidium is also finely transversely strigose. 



" The sexual differences have been stated in the generic 

 description. 



Length 29-32 mm. ; breadth 13-15 mm. 



SiKKiM : Darjiliug, Mungphu ; Assam : Silhet ; Bhutan : 

 Maria Basti. 



Type in the Oxford Museum. 



The locality Mysore attributed to the typical specimen is 

 probably a mistake. 



Burmeister regarded this (he apparently saw the type) as a 

 variety of the Javanese Clerota huddha, Gr. & P., but it is quite 

 ilistinct. 



Group 3. Heterorkhixides. 



This group contains the majority of the Cetoniinj^ in which tlie 

 head bears horns or processes. The latter are very varied in form 

 and are sometimes peculiar to the male, sometimes ])ossessed by 

 both sexes, and in some of their minor forms confined to the 

 female. The front tibia} of the male are almost always unarmed 

 externally and those of the female toothed. Another sexual 

 difference, of a very unusual kind, is found in the maxillse, those 

 of the female having at the end of the lower lobe a sharp tooth, 

 which is absent or blunt in the male. 



Most of the species are very smooth and shining, and brilliantly 

 but uniformly coloured, bright green being the predominant 

 shade. 



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