152 Mr. O. E. Janson's Notices of Cetoniidae. 



sides o£ the prothorax and the posterior coxae finely strigose; 

 anterior tibiae with two small lateral teeth. Lentith 14 mm. 

 Camaroons, W. Africa. 



Very similar to C. quadnmaculatus, Afz., but may be at once 

 distinguished from that species by its short, broad, and less 

 deeply notched clypeus. 



Trichius japonicus, n. sp. 



9 Black, dull above, underside and legs shining ; thorax and 

 pygidium densely clothed with long yellow-grey pubescence; 

 elytra dull yellow, with three lateral black spots, the first on the 

 shoulder, the second, narrow and tran verse, in the middle, and 

 the third, large and nearly orbicular, at the apex, the suture, 

 apex and posterior half of the sides narrowly margined with 

 black, a spot at the apex of the scutellum white. Head sparsely 

 pubescent at the base, very closely punctured, the punctures 

 coarser and confluent in front ; clypeus slightly elevated and 

 rounded at the sides, the apex slightly emarginate ; antennae 

 pitchy-red, upper side of the basal joint black. Thorax widest 

 in the middle, rounded at the sides behind, obliquely narrowed 

 in front, produced and rounded at the base, the posterior angles 

 distinct, the entire upper surface densely covered with fine con- 

 fluent punctures. Scutellum oblong, a little narrowed behind, 

 the apex very obtuse, closely punctured, sparsely pubescent and 

 with an almost obsolete central line. Elytra sparsely pubescent, 

 with feeble discal striae and indistinct punctures, the humeral 

 and apical callosities shining and coarsely punctured, the sides 

 considerably dilated before the middle, strongly rounded at the 

 shoulders, and obliquely narrowed towards the apex, apex some- 

 what truncate, the sutural angles almost right angles. Pygidium 

 very closely punctured, the apex and a U-shaped central mark 

 without pubescence. Underside and legs strigose, punctured, 

 and with long yellow-grey pubescence; anterior tibiae with one 

 lateral tooth and the ajiex acute, the four posterior tibiae with 

 a small external tooth. Length 13 mm. 

 Japan. 



The nari'ow oblong scutellum is quite sufiicient to distinguish 

 this species from its European allies; it most nearly resembles 

 T. alxlominalis^ Mrnet., but the black spots on the elytra are 

 smaller than in any of tlie varieties which 1 possess of that 

 species. T. fasciata, L , has been recorded from Japan, but 

 whether that species really occurs there, or the one described 

 above has been mistaken for it, I have not had an oj)portunity 

 of ascertaining. 



