CEYLON CETONIIDAE. 



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markings. I may mention a very rare variety, a single 

 specimen out of three or four hundreds , with a small 

 white spot on each side at the base of the thorax. 



Pfotaetia reffiilis Burm. 



Two specimens of this fine species were brought to me 

 when at Colombo; they are entirely black instead of purple- 

 coppery , and also smaller than the numerous specimens 

 from the continent I have had for comparison. 



[JPfof«e#«« Whitehousei Schaum]. 



Protaetia ulhoguttata Vigors. 



Nalanda; Colombo. 



Three specimens only ; they are all of a dark bluish-black 

 colour. The individual from Colombo has a rather singular 

 aspect , the elytral spots , with exception of the marginal 

 one below the middle, being of much reduced size. 



Protaetiu tnacuJutu F. 



Colombo. 

 Not rare. 



Protuetia peregrina Hbst. 



Colombo. 



Several specimens. 



Anthracophor'a crucifera Oliv. 



Belihul-Oya. 



A few specimens. 



[Coe»oc#»tfM* tnprobanicus Westw.]. 



Thesaurus Ent. Oxon. 1874, p. 46, pi. XIII, fig. 8. 



[Vtttgus addendum Walker]. 



This is probably only a synonym of Valgus podicalis Blanch. 



Amsterdam, July 1891. 



P^otes from the L^eyden Museum, Vol. XIII. 



