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Notices of new or little knoum Cetoniio.e ; by Oliver B. 

 J ANSON. No. 2. 



Ceratorrliina loricrda^ n. sp. 



C. rufo-flava, nitida, opalizaus, tliorace scutelloqiie viridi- 

 olivaceo tiuctis, elytris viridi-ochraceis, macula hiimerali apic-ali- 

 ([\\e nigi'is ; capite elongato, profunde longitiidiualiter excavato, 

 margiuibas lateralibus oblique reflexis, vertice processu liidentnto 

 instructo, clypeo utrinque producto, iu medio cornu porrecto, 

 apice bifido, armato, $ . Long. 28 mm. 



Reddish testaceous, shining, base of head green, thorax and 

 scutellum with an olive green tint, elytra yellow with a green 

 reflection, the suture green, a small spot at the shoulder, and one 

 on the a])ical callus black ; beneath red, segments margined with 

 ohve green, legs red with a greenish tinge, knees pitchy ; the 

 entire ui)per surface when examined with a lens presents an 

 extremely minute and dense puncturation. 



Head sparsely and shallowly punctured, deeply excavated, 

 the sides obliquely elevated, basal margin prodiiced into a short 

 bifid ])rotuberance, clypeus acutely produced on each side, and 

 armed in the centre with a rather short stout porrect horn, 

 which is dilated and slightly emarginate at its apex. 



Thorax rather deeply }nmctured at the sides, si)arsely on the 

 disc, a narrow median space smooth, anterior angles slightly 

 l)roduced, posterior angles roimded, basal margin rather strongly 

 tri-sinuate. 



ScnteUiiiii with a few scattered i)unctures, apex obtuse. 



Elytra finely punctured, with several irregular rows of larger 

 punctures on the disc, suture sliglitly elevated and ncutely ])r()- 

 duced at the a})ex. 



Pi)(jiiHinit finely transversely strigose. 



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ClSTlJI.A En'TOMOLOOICA, 



May 17th, 1877. 



