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new or little known Cetoniidae. 105 



projection in the centre. Thorax very sparingly and finely 

 punctured on the disc, more coarsely l:)Ut sparsely punctured 

 at the sides, the hasal margin strongly trisinuate. Scu- 

 tellum large, almost triangular, sparsely and finely punc- 

 tured. Elytra convex, broad and rounded behind, rather 

 coarsely punctured, the punctures arranged in seven moderately 

 regular rows on the disc, the sides posteriorly, and the apex 

 coarsely strigose. Pygidium strigose and fringed with golden 

 hairs. Underside coarsely punctured, strigose and sparsely 

 pubescent; mesosternal process long, gradually narrowed to a 

 point, and slightly incurved at the apex; abdomen longitu- 

 dinally impressed at the l)ase ; legs strigose and sparsely 

 pubescent, anterior tibia? with an obtuse tooth one-third from 

 the apex, and the outer apical spine strongly produced. The 

 female is larger and altogether more robust, more strongly 

 and irregularly punctured, with the anterior tibia? very, broad 

 and the abdomen not impressed. Length 19-21 mm. 

 Khasia Hills, India. 



Allied to H. nigrltarsis, Hope, but of a broader and more 

 ovate form, Avith the anterior tibije dentate in both sexes, and 

 the carina on the head broader and fiattened. The eight speci- 

 mens before me are from the collection f)f the late A. Murray, 

 and exhibit similar variation as regards colour to that found in 

 most of the allied species. 



Gnathocera valida, n. sp. 



9 Head shining black, with three white spots on each side; 

 closely and finely punctured and sparsely pubescent, the clypeus 

 with the punctures very close and ronfiuent, the apex slightly 

 prominent in tlie middle, the lateral points long and flattened; 

 antenna; pitchy, palpi red. Thorax shining black, Avith three 

 broad white longitudinal bands, the central one narrowed ante- 

 riorly, the lateral ones marked with a small black spot and curved 

 inwardly behind; sparsely pubescent and closely punctured, the 

 punctures confluent towards the sides, the base deeply emar- 

 ginate before the seutellum. Scutellum black, with a broad 

 white central vitta and scattered punctures. Elytra pale ful- 

 vous, shining, the outer margin and suture reddish, the former 

 with a line at the shoulder, followed by six or seven irrreo-ular 

 Avhite spots, increasing in size to the apex; closely and irregularly 

 punctured, the discal carina? moderately elevated and smooth. 

 Pygidium pitchy-red, finely strigose and with a large white spot 



