236 cetoniix.t:. 



Length 6-7 inin. ; breadth 4-5 mm. 



Tenasserim : Tavoy, Mergui (Dohei-ti/) ; Perak : Penakg ; 

 Java; Sumatra. 



21 G. Dasyvalgus luctuosus. 



Valgus luctuosus, Gestro,* A/m. Mus. Genova, (2) x, 1891, p. 858. 



Very deep brown or black, shining, but clothed with minute 

 erect setae, with two minute patches of decumbent ochreous scales 

 placed transversely at the middle of each elytron. 



The body is moderately elongate and the lerjst stout, with rather 

 short tarsi, the hind ones rather flattened and the first joint not 

 long but twice the length of the second. The sides of the 

 prothorax are almost straight, gently converging towards the front, 

 where they are a little rounded. There are two straight parallel 

 doT'sal ridges ending at about the middle of the disc, where they 

 bear a pair of tufts, and there are four similar tufts near the base. 

 The scuteUum is moderately large and long and the ehjtra are 

 deeply striated, with slight tufts at the shoulders and apical calli. 

 There are two distant tufts at the hind margin of t\\Q propiigkUum 

 and the terminal spiracles are slightl}' prominent. The front tibia 

 is rather short and broad, with the 1 st, 3rd and 5th teeth strong 

 but not very sharp, and the 2nd and 4th hardly perceptible. 



The type specimen is a female and has a flat semicircular ventral 

 plate upon the j^vgidium. 



Length 6'5 mm. ; breadth 3"o mm. 



Burma : Palon (L. Fea). 



Tijjie in the Genoa Museum. 



Found in the forest. There is a second female specimen in 

 the British Museum. 



217. Dasyvalgus vidnatus. sp. n. 



lilack and shining, scantily clothed with minute setag, and 

 decorated with two minute patches of decumbent ochreous scales 

 placed transversely at the middle of each elytron. 



The body is slightly elongate and the legs moderately slender, 

 with the hind tarsi rather flattened and the first joint twice the 

 length of the second. The sides of the pronotinn are parallel 

 behind, but a little irregular, and strongly rounded in front, and the 

 hind angles are sharp but not acute. There are two well-marked 

 dorsal carina? extending almost from front to hind margin, a deep 

 oblique fovea on each side at the middle, extending to the lateral 

 margin, and four tufts near the hind margin. The scvtclhim is 

 not long. The ehjtra are finely striated, slightly tufted at the 

 shoulders, and separately rounded at the hind margins. The 

 terminal s/nradea are moderately prominent. The front tibia is 

 broad and armed with five strong, broad and nearly equal teeth. 



