COSMIOMORPHA DECLIVA. 127 



NOTE XIV. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW SPECIES OE 

 ASIATIC CETONIIDAE. 



BY 



Oliver E. JANSON. 



Cosmiomorpha decliva, n. sp. 



Pale yellowish testaceous, shining; the head, a very fine 

 marginal line and a large ill-defined discoidal patch on the 

 thorax, the scutellum and a narrow basal and sutural 

 margin to the elytra pitchy black ; a small indistinct spot 

 on the clypeus and the antennae reddish , first joint of 

 the latter pitchy ; the upperside with very fine yellowish 

 grey setae in the punctures; beneath densely covered with 

 long yellowish grey setae at the sides ; the margins of the 

 thoracic segments, centre of the metasternum, margins of 

 the femora, the tips of the tibiae and tarsal joints and 

 the claws black or pitchy. 



Head closely punctured, a small central carina at the 

 base smooth, impressed and with the punctures confluent 

 between the eyes ; clypeus elongate , a little narrowed in 

 front, the sides strongly raised, the apex strongly emar- 

 ginate in the centre with the angles reflexed and slightly 

 produced outwardly. Thorax strongly deflexed in front, 

 finely and densely punctured, the punctures becoming 

 confluent towards the sides , a slight median line at the 

 base smooth , emarginate and a little reflexed at the sides 

 behind the middle , the basal angles rounded. Elytra closely 

 covered with fine "-shaped punctures on the disk, the 

 sutural margin and two narrow discal eostae smooth , the 

 sides and apex finely strigose , slightly emarginate at the 

 apical angles with the suture a little produced. Pygidium 

 finely strigose , dull , with coarse grey setae. Metasternum 

 smooth with an impressed median line, the mesosternal 



Notes from the Leyden ^luseuiu. Vol. XJLI. 



