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116. Protaetia pretiosa. 



Cetonia pretiosa, Nonfr., Deutsche Eyit. Zeitschr. 1891 , p. 270. 

 Potosia cevlanica, Schoch,* Mitfh. Schiveiz. £nt. Ges. ix, 1894, 

 p. 188. 



Entirely deep golden-green or blue-green, with the tarsi gene- 

 rally deep blue ; very smooth and shining and without markings 

 or clothing, except some pale yellow liairs upon the legs and a 

 few very minute setse upon the sides of the metasternum. 



It is a broad, robust and moderately convex species. The Jiead 

 is relatively small, scantily punctured, with the clypeus rather 

 quadrate, the front margin strongly reflexed and very feebly 

 notched. The prothorax is strongly punctured at the sides and 

 scantily or not at all in the middle : it is narrow in front and 

 strongly and rapidly dilated towards the base, the sides being little 

 curved and the hind angles moderately distinct. The basal 

 margin is not strongly excised before the saUellum, and the latter 

 is rather short and triangular, without punctures except at the 

 base. The elytra are minutely and scantily punctured in rows, 

 with rather stronger scattered punctures near the apex. The 

 pygidium is decorated with transverse striations, the sides of the 

 metasternum are very coarsely strigose, and the abdomen is almost 

 smooth beneath. The sternal process is short and broad, but 

 slightly prominent, the front tibia has three very short teeth and 

 the hind tibia has a fringe of short yellow hairs and is rather 

 digitate at the end. 



c? . The apical angles of the elytra are sharply produced and 

 the pygidium is lightly strigose. 



5 . The puncturation is stronger than in the S , and the 

 pygidium and last ventral segment are closely strigose. 



Length 22-27 mm. ; breadth 12'o-15 mm. 



Ceylon ; Tratancore : Trivandrum ; W. Bengal : Chota 

 Nagpur ; Lower Burma : Tayokehmaw ; Tenasserim ; Siam ; 

 Annam. 



Type in coll. Nonfried : that of ceylanica in the Polytechnikum, 

 Ziirich. 



This is probably the species recorded by Berge (Ann. Soc. Ent. 

 Belg. 1892, p. 240) from Mandar, Bengal, as Cetonia speciosissima. 



117. Protaetia anripes. 



Cetonia auripes, Hope,* Gray^s Zool. Misc. 1831, p. 24. 

 Cetonia ignipes, Burm., Handb. Ent. iii, 1842, p. 465. 



Bright metallic green, with the tibiae and tarsi fiery red, very 

 smooth and shining above and beneath, and without clothing, 

 except slight fringes upon the legs. 



The form is rather short, compact and convex. The head is 

 punctured all over, with the front margin regularly rounded and 

 slightly reflexed. The prothorax is smooth, except for a few 



