nevj or little l-nowv Cetoniidte. 135 



tibiae tritlentate, the upper tooth ohsolete, posterior tarsi very- 

 long and slender, the tliree liasal joints taken together distinctly 

 longer than the tibite. 

 Hab. Madagascar. 



For the only specimen I have seen of this charming species I 

 am indebted to Mr. Scott, to whom I have dedicated it. 



This species is most nearly allied to S. crocata, G. and P., and 

 bears even a closer resemljlance to the Trichiides than does that 

 species. The intermediate legs and anterior tarsi are un- 

 fortunately wanting in my specimen. 



I may here mention that the four species described by Gory 

 and Percheron (Silb. Ilev. Ent. III. pp. 128-129) must, as con- 

 jectured by Prof. Burmeister {Handb. f. Entom. III. p. 591) 

 thirty-five years since from an examination of the actual types, 

 be reduced to two, coccmea being the ^ of crocata. and velutina 

 the ^ of vermicuJata, a position of affairs ignored by Mess. 

 Gemminger and v. Harold in their Gatalogus ('oleopterorum 

 lY. (1869). 



Pijliora (irnata, u. sp. 



P. nigra nitida, elytris striatis, plaga disci rubra, allio-quadri- 

 maculatis, pygidio convexo. Long. 15-17 mm. lat. 6|-7i mm. 



Head closely and rather coarsely punctate, clypeus slightly 

 narrowed anteriorly, its sides straight, its apex rounded and 

 shallowdy emarginate, its margins reflexed, its central portion 

 convex, impressed in front. 



Thorax with a feAV scattered punctures at the sides, lateral 

 margins elevated and angularly 'produced in the middle, base 

 sliallowly emarginate in front of the scutellum, posterior angles 

 iii'firly rectangular their extreme apices lounded. 



Scid('Jliiri) \i\Yx acute, cimvex, impiinctate. 



Elytra abruptly narrowed behind the humeral angles, thence 

 slightly widened towards tht; apex, where each is separately and 

 strongly rounded, suture depresseil, the disc of each with three 

 deep longitudinal striix;, of M'hich the inner two are curved and 

 extend from about one fourth from the base to the aj)ex, the 

 outer one short, reaching from near the liase to about the middle, 

 there arc a few punctures at the commencement of each of the 

 stria), and a short sinuous row of them between the outer stria 



