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21 (28) Elytra decorated with numerous 



irregular markings. 



22 (25) Pronotum bearing spots on each 



side ot the middle. 



23 (24) Lobe of the pronotum not spotted, cldoronota, Blanch., p. 183. 

 21 (23) Lobe of the pronotum spotted. . . . spuria, Burm., p, 181. 



25 (22) Pronotum bearing a longitudinal 



median line. 



26 (27) Upper surface not hairy spilota, Hope, p. 181. 



27 (20) Upper surface hairy hoffineisteri, White, p. 185. 



28 (21) Elytra decorated each with 4 or 5 



large marks (occasionally re- 

 duced). 



29 (30) Lobe of the pronotum spotted. . . . rvjipennis, Jans., p. 186. 



30 (29) Lobe of the pronotum not spotted. kluf)i, Hope, p. 187. 



31 (20) Surface black, with white markings. oa%2«o5a, Jans., p. 188. 



32 (19) Upper surface very shining. 



33 (34) Apical angles of elytra rounded : 



hind tibia with three sharp 



terminal teeth hearseiana, Westw., p. 188. 



34 (33) Apical angles of elytra sharp : 



hind tibia with one sharp ter- 

 minal tooth. 



35 (36) Pronotum white-spotted; sternal 



process pointed li-maculafa, F., p. 189. 



36 (35) Pronotum without spots ; sternal 



process ver}^ blunt. 



37 (38) Elytra not distinctly produced at 



the sutural angles cmrulea, Herbst, p. 190. 



38 (37) Elytra distinctly produced at the 



sutural angles pumila, Swartz, p. 191, 



CUnteria tmdtdata, Schoch, ascrihed by that author to "India 

 orientalis," I have found by examination of the type (novv in the 

 Zurich Museum) to be a Mexican insect {Gi/tnnetis marr/inicoUis, 

 Burm.). 



CUnteria tricolorata, Westw., has already been announced 

 (Janson, Cist. Ent. ii. 1877, p 147) to be a South African species. 



153. Clinteria imperialis. 



Cetonia imperialis, Paykull, Schonh. Syn. Ins. i, 3, 1817, A2)p., 



p. 58; Btmn., Handb. Ent. iii, 1842, p. 303. 

 Var. Clinteria incerta, Parry, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. v, 1848^ p. 81, 



pL 11, tig. 5. 



Black, shining beneath and opaque above, with bright j^ellow 

 markings consisting of an oval patch at the anterior half of each 

 lateral margin of the pronotum, a spot on each mesosternal 

 epimeron, an irregular transverse median patch and an apical 

 one on each elytron, reaching the outer hut not the inner margin, 

 and a small spot at each lateral edge of the tirst and second ventral 

 segments. 



It is a large, moderately broad and compact species. The clypeus 

 is closely punctured aud rather strongly bilobed. The 'pronotum 



