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6. Process of mesosterniim dilated, flat, cut off straight 

 in front ; posterior tibiae with a rather oblique trans- 

 verse ridge in middle. 



Oblong oval, rather flat, very shiny. Upper-side bronze- 

 green or coppery, under-side dark bronze ; elytra with 

 small white transverse markings and with an impression 

 beside suture on hinder part, ceasing rather abruptly in 

 middle ; clypeus straight in front. L. 7 — ^12 1. Eather 

 common. G. f I or i col a, Herbst. 



JB, Length 4| — 6 lines. 



Blackish-bronze, shiny ; thorax with two rows of white 

 spots, elytra and last upper abdominal segment with white 

 markings. Upper-side thinly covered with white hairs. 

 Male with a row of white spots along middle of abdomen. 

 Rare. G. stictica, Liu. 



Chioriitius, 



A, Upper-side black. 



Black, moderately shiny; elytra and sides of abdomen 

 with whitish spots. Breast and under-side of front pairs of 

 femora covered with gray hairs. L. 8 — 10 1. Common. 



G. variabilis, Lin. 

 JB, Upper-side golden-green. 



Shiny. Under-side coppery ; elytra and sides of abdo- 

 men with white spots, former strongly wrinkled. Breast 

 and under-side of front pairs of femora in female, under- 

 side of body and of all femora in male covered with gray 

 hairs. L. 7 — 9 1. Scarce. G. nob His, Lin. 



Trichius, 



A, Abdomen evenly covered with gTay hairs. 



Black ; elytra velvety, with two yellow bands, united at 

 suture. Head, thorax and scutellum closely covered with 

 yellowish, breast with gray hairs. Intermediate tibiae with 

 a long sharp tooth in middle ; clypeus rather deeply emargi- 

 nate in front ; elytra half as broad again as thorax, posterior 

 angles of latter rounded. L. 5 — 6| 1. Not uncommon. 



T. fasciatus, Lin. 



-B. Abdomen thinly covered in middle with gray hairs, 

 bare at sides. 



