neio or little Tcnoivn Cetoniidae. 141 



Melinesthes hamula, n. sp. 



$ Deep sliining black ; elytra ochreous yellow, the suture, 

 apical margin and a small humeral spot, black. Head with two 

 stout porrect lateral horns, abruptly narrowed and strongly re- 

 curved at the apex ; clypeus concave, sparsely punctured with a 

 transverse carina connecting the lateral horns; forehead slightly 

 impressed and punctured at the sides, the centre slightly elevated 

 and smooth. Thorax very sparsely and finely punctured on the 

 disc, the sides more strongly punctured with a deep fovea close 

 to the margin, the base slightly emarginate before the scutellum. 

 Scutellum impunctate. Elytra with several rows of fine punc- 

 tures on the disc, the interstices and sides very finely and 

 remotely punctured, the discal costae very slight. Underside 

 sparsely punctate and strigose at the sides ; mesosternal process 

 long, pointed and incurved at the apex. Legs punctured, ante- 

 rior tibiae Avith a small lateral tooth and the apex acute, inter- 

 mediate and posterior tibiae fringed on the inner side with fine 

 black hairs, the outer side with an acute tooth just beyond the 

 middle. Length (excluding horns) 19 mm. 



S.E. Africa. 



Allied to the preceding but differs conspicuously from tliat 

 species, as Avell as from M. Jlavipcnnis, Westw., in its longer 

 and recurved lateral horns, in having the transverse carina on 

 the clypeus much nearer the base and in the absence of the basal 

 spine on the head; the mesosternal process is also more incurved 

 at the apex, and the anterior tibiae have a distinct lateral tooth. 

 The specimen before me is from the collection of the late A. 

 Turner; its precise locality is not indicated. A female in my 

 collection, from Natal, differs from specimens of the same sex 

 of M. Jlavipennis, in being much more sparsely and finely punc- 

 tured, in having the clypeus more deeply emarginate and the 

 mesosternal process more incurved, and probably belongs to this 

 species. 



Melinestlies exilis, n. sp. 



$ Head shining black, the base convex and smooth; clypeus 

 reddish-testaceous, with a small black spot on each side, the 

 oiiter margins elevated, the apex slightly emarginate. Thorax 

 reddish-testaceous, Avith two longitudinal black discal marks, a 

 small spot on each side and the anterior margin pitchy, very 

 coarsely and closely punctured at the sides, the disc more 



