CEYLON CETONIIDAE. 



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lateral teeth , legs and breast covered with a sparse ful- 

 vous pubesceuce. 



The colour does not agree with the description of Swartz, 

 but this, as well as slight modifications of the white 

 markings, I consider of subordiuate value, and the prin- 

 cipal characters , viz. the strongly punctured prothorax , 

 and the pygidium without spots, are present in this 

 Ceylon Cetoniid. (van de Poll). 



[Agesfmta nigvitn P.]. 

 Thautnastopeus ceylonicws v. d. Poll , n. sp, 



Nitid black. Head longitudinally depressed at the sides, 

 slightly convex in the middle. The emargination in front 

 deep and triangular, the lobes produced and somewhat 

 acute , smooth on the vertex , coarsely punctured laterally. 



Thorax moderately convex , anterior margin slightly pro- 

 duced over the head, sides somewhat angular in the middle 

 and narrowly margined, posterior lobe broad, triangular, 

 truncated at the tip ; disc smooth , at the sides (chiefly in 

 front) with a few deep irregular punctures and scratches. 



Scutellum acute, impressed at the tip. 



Elytra moderately convex , strongly depressed at the suture 

 near the scutellum, sutural costae sharply elevated posteriorly, 

 terminating in an acute point, the disc with several regular 

 rows of deeply impressed large horse-shoe shaped punctu- 

 res , the two innermost rows on each obliterated above 

 near the suture, the sides and the apex closely striated. 



Pygidium transversely convex , impressed in the middle, 

 very finely and densely strigose. Underneath covered with 

 very deep and irregular punctures, prosternum and sides 

 of the abdomen strigose, all the ventral segments with 

 irregular transverse rows of circular and semi-circular 

 punctures ; mesosterual process long , subcylindrical , almost 

 straight, obtusely pointed and slightly recurved at the 

 apex ; legs punctured and strigose , with short black hairs , 

 anterior tibiae with two strong acute lateral teeth. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XIII. 



