DESCRIPTION 



OF 



A NEW CETONIID 



FROM WEST-AFRICA (CONGO). 



BY 



J. E. H. NEERVOOET VAN DE POLL. 



Dyspilophora distincta v. d. Poll. 



(?. Obscure olivaceus , nitidus j clyj^eus et margines thoracis Irunnei; 

 singula elytra in medio macula magna fulva ornata , callo et margine 

 apicali brunnescenti j pygidium maculis duabus magnis brunneis nota- 

 tum; pedes brunnei, tarsis nigris; mesosterni processus brunnescens. 

 Caput clypeo fortiter strigoso , vertice sparsim punctato ; thorax punc- 

 latus , fortius densiusque later a versus, ad latera fortiter strigosus; 

 scutellum nonnihil punctatum; elytra punctata, ad apìcem et ad 

 marginem pone maculavi valde strigosa , macula fulva granulìs minu- 

 tissimis densissime obsita ; pygidium densissime subtiliter que strigosum ; 

 sternum , latera abdominis , femoraque strigosa. 



Long. 17 mm., lat. 9 mm. 



Dark olive green, bright shining; the clypeus brown , the thorax 

 irregularly bordered with the same colour; each elytron with a 

 large irregular fulvous spot, which touches the margin but does 

 not reach the suture; the apical callus and the apical portion of 

 the margin brownish; the pygidium with a large brown spot on 

 each side; the legs brown with the tarsi black; the mesosternal 

 process brownish. 



