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Description of a new species of Schizokrhina (Cetoniidce) from 

 West Australia ; by A, Sidney Olliff, Assistant Zoologist, 

 Australian Museum. 



Schizorrhina fDiaphoniaJ Jansoni, n. sp. 



Black, shining ; protliorax somewhat broadei' than long, finely 

 and not very closely punctured, distinctly margined at the sides; 

 elytra rather strongly and sj^aringly punctured, with a moder- 

 ately large bright yellow spot on each side near the margin 

 considerably behind the middle; pygidium with a much smaller 

 yellow spot on each side. 



Head finely and rather closely punctured ; clypeus feebly 

 emarginate in front, the sides slightly rounded. Prothorax 

 moderately strongly and very sparingly punctured in front, 

 almost impunctate on the disc and about the middle of the 

 posterior margin; the sides clothed with fine black pubescence. 

 Scutellum large, triangular, slightly depressed behind, with a 

 few indistinct and irregular ^junctures. Elytra rather broad, 

 strongly and sparingly punctured on the disc, more closely and 

 irregularly punctured near the sides, the pubescence black, 

 short and erect ; humeral angles moderately jjrominent ; each 

 elytron with an elongate yellow spot near the lateral margin 

 considerably behind the middle. Pj-gidium finely aciculate 

 transversely, Avith a small elongate yellow spot and an indistinct 

 fovea on each side just below the anterior angle. Underside 

 shining black, clothed especially near the sides with long grey 

 pubescence, finely and not very closely punctured; the abdomen 

 with the disc almost impunctate; mesosternal process rather 

 strongly dilated in front. Legs finely punctured ; all the tibiaj 

 with a small tooth on the outer margin, the intermediate and 

 posterior tibite thickly clothed with long black hair on their 

 inner margins. Length 20-22 mm; greatest width 10-11 mm. 



Salt Paver, West Australia. Type in the collection of the 

 Australian Museum. 



This very distinct species is allied to Schizorrhina frontalis, 

 Don., and S, viridisignata, Macl., but differs not only in the 



