176 CETONIIN-S. 



Genus CLINTERIA. 



Clinterla, Bwm., Handb. Ent. iii, 1842, p. 299; Laeord., Gen. Co!. 



iii, 1856, p. 501. 7i 



Tiuclirea, Thorns., Le Naturaliste, 1880, p. 268.— Type, Cetonia 



klugi, Hope (n. syn.). 

 Triclirea, Schoch, Cat. Ceton. 1896, p. 30. 



Type, Cetonia r/uttifera, Burm. 



llanye. The Oriental and Ethiopian Eegions. 



Foriu compact, generally rather short. Clypeus quadrate, 

 slightly bilobed. Eyes moderately prominent. Base of the 

 pronotum drawn out into a blunt-pointed lobe, nearly concealing 

 the scutellum ; the sides converging towards the front in a nearly 

 continuous curve. Scutellum long and very acutely pointed, the 

 extreme apex alone visible. Elytra strongly sinuated at the outer 

 margins, with the apical angles not acute. Sternum produced 

 between the middle coxae into a longer or shorter pointed process, 

 the meso-metasternal suture completely obliterated. Legs not 

 long, the front tibia armed with three sharp teeth. Glutinous 

 lobe of mandible long and straight. Maxilla unarmed, densely 

 hairy. Mentum broad and bilobed. Last joint of all the palpi 

 rather large. 



The sexual differences are slight. The front tibiae are generally 

 a very little more slender in the male, and the abdomen is longi- 

 tudinally channelled beneath except in the first group of species. 



Key to the Species. 



1 (18) Sternal process strongly produced. 



2 (11) Sternal process long. 



3 (4) Sternal process slender imperialis, Payk., p. 177. 



4 (3) Sternal process blunt and conical. 



5 (6) Sternal process laterally com- 



pressed tetraspilota, Hope, p. 178. 



6 (5) Sternal process not laterally com- 



pressed. 



7 (10) Elytra spotted. 



8 (9) Median spots of elytra placed 



obliquely auronotata, Blanch., p. 179. 



9 (8) Median spots of elytra placed trans- 



versely tnincata, Arrow, p. 179, 



10 (7) Elytra longitudinally striped .... belli, Janson, p. 180. 



11 (2) Sternal process not long. 



12 (17) Sternal process horizontal. 



13 (14) Mesosternal epimera yellow .... diicalis, White, p. 180. 



14 (13) Mesosternal epimera black. 



15(16) Body slightly tapering behind .. oberthuri, sy>. n.. ■p. 18}. 



16 (15) Body strongly tapering beliind . . malayemis, Wallace, p. 182. 



17 (12) Sternal process pointing obliquely 



downwards pantherina, Parry, p. 182. 



18 (1) Sternal process little produced. 



19 (32) Upper surface opaque. 



20 (31) SurfacB partly metallic, with 



yellowish umrkiugs. 



