182 CEYLON CETONIIDAE. 



Coryphocei'a etegans F. 



Belihul-Oya; Wadduwa ; Colombo. 

 Not rare. 



var. cyunoptem Westw. 



Belihul-Oya; Nalanda ; Colombo. 

 Scarce. 



var. fulgidissimu Kanneg. 



North from Nalanda. 



Four specimens of this splendid variety were taken by 

 a native collector. 



They are entirely of a deep brilliant fiery red colour, 

 with the black markings of the typical form. As the blue 

 and the black colour-varieties of elegans have got already 

 a name, I thought it best to bestow also a name on the 

 red form , although 1 am no protector of naming such 

 varieties of complementary colours , which exist — and may 

 be named in advance — of all these emerald-green species. 



Clint eria itnperialis Payk. 



Belihul-Oya; Colombo. 

 Not rare. 



[var. incerta Parry]. 

 Clinteriu chtoronottt Blanch. 

 Belihul-Oya; Wadduwa; Colombo. 



I found this species rather abundantly at Belihul-Oya 

 on foliage bordering a brook. Blanchard describes the pro- 

 thorax with six white punctures without making mention 

 of the position of these spots. The number of spots is very 

 variable ; the form with unspotted thorax is not rare , usu- 

 ally there are on the disc in front two .., three .*., 



four \ /or five ^ . , white punctures — sometimes the 



Notes from tlie I-ieyden Museum , Vol. XIII. 



