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Notices of new or little hwwii Cetoniid^e : l:»y Oliver E. 

 Jansox. JSTo. 1. 



Cotinls polita, ii. sp. 



C. nigra, nitida, convexa ; clypeo creLre rudecj[iie puuctato, 

 apice rotundato, parura producto ; thorace vage profuiule puuc- 

 tato ; elytris parce subtilissiine([ue subseriatini punctatis. Long. 

 $ 20, $ 2:? mm., lat. ^ 11, $ 13^ mm. 



Black, sliiuiug ; head convex and smooth at the base, clypeus 

 thickly, deeply and coarsely punctate, with an elevated longitu- 

 dinal ridge extending from the crown nearly to the apex, margin 

 reflexed, apex slightly produced, rounded. 



Tliorru' linely and sparsely punctate on the disc, the punctures 

 coarser and denser at the sides, especially near the anterior 

 angles, where they become confluent, basal lobe large, depressed, 

 nearly covering the scutellum, a central impressed longitudinal 

 line, effaced on the disc, but distinct behind. 



ScutelUun very narrow and acute. 



Elytra sparsely and very tinely punctate, the imnctures 

 arranged in indistinct rows on the disc and sides, larger and 

 confused at the apex, suture depressed near the scutellum, 

 elevated posteriorly ; epimera thickly and coarsely punctate. 



Pl/f/idiam convex, transversely strigose, with a large shallow 

 depression on each side. 



Beneafli sparsely arcuate-punctate at the sides, abdomen with 

 a few shallow punctures arranged in an irregular transverse row 

 on segments 2-4, confused on 5-6 ; mesosternal process rather 

 short, flat, rounded at the apex ; femora and hinder pairs of 

 tibiae fringed with black liairs, anterior tibi;e obtusely tridontate. 



Female larger, with the clypeus Ijroader and more strongly 

 punctate, the thorax also is more densely i)unct;ite, and the 

 anterior tibiic are stouter, witli tlie teeth acute. 



