SMARAGDESTIIES GUERINI. 107 



NOTE III. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW CETONIIDAE. 



BY 



OLIVER E. JANSON. 



SmaragdestJies g uerini^ n. sp. 



Testaceous red, shining; head black; elytra with a broad 

 pale greenish yellow longitudinal band at the sides, 

 the lateral margin at the shoulder and humeral callosity 

 black; mesosternal process, anterior and intermediate tibiae 

 and posterior knees piceous;- tarsi black. — Length 21 mm. 



Very similar to S. suturalis Fab. , but with the head less 

 closely punctured , the median carina broader, more depress- 

 ed and less produced at the apex , the clypeus broader in 

 froot and of a more quadrate form , with the anterior mar- 

 gin slightly reflexed and straight, without an elevated point 

 as in that species ; thorax entirely red ; elytra longer and 

 more narrowed behind than in suturalis , the punctuation 

 much finer and the pale lateral band slightly curved in- 

 wardly towards the suture behind. 



Senegal (Petit). 



The unique specimen of this species in the Leyden Mu- 

 seum has been communicated to me by Mr. Ritsema who 

 has directed my attention to the characters in Which it 

 differs from suturalis and also to the fact that it is appa- 

 rently the same species as figured in Gory and Percheron, 

 Monographic des Cétoines (pi. 21 , fig. 6) under the name 

 of suturalis, the description, however, of these authors 

 evidently applies to the true suturalis , Fab., Olivier , etc. 



I have named it after the artist of the figure quoted. 



Notes from tlie Leyden Mu.seu.iii , "Vol. X. 



