254 Mr. O. E. Janson's IVofires of 



Eljitra deeply emargiuate at the sides just behind the humeral 

 ani>les, somewhat dilated behind the middle and thence obliquely 

 narrowed, the suture and two longitudinal carina? on each 

 strongly elevated, the interstices coarsely punctured in rows, 

 with scattered fine punctures, the sides and apex with the punc- 

 tiu"es closer and confluent ; fulvous green, shining, Avith a narrow 

 impressed white line along the outer margin terminating in a 

 triangular spot at the apical sutural angle. 



Pygidium irregularly transversely strigose ; sjoarsely pubescent, 

 greenish black, with a large elongate oblique patch of white on 

 each side. 



Beneath shiiung green, broadly white at the sides; mesosternal 

 jjrocess long and curved, apes obtuse, fulvous green ; abdomen 

 with large transverse patches at the sides, and a row of large 

 spqts in the central depression, white ; legs pale fulvous, femora 

 fringed with golden hairs, and with a longitudinal wliite sti-ipe 

 on their outer side. 



The female is broader than tlic male, has the abdomen convex 

 in the centre, without spots, and the anterior tibife broader with 

 the three external teeth stronger. 



Livingstonia, Lake Nyassa. 



A verj- distinct and pretty species, most nearly allied to G. 



trivittata, Swed. The only specimens I have seen are the $ and 



$ noAV before me, recently brought home by Mr. F. A. A. 

 Simons. 



Gnathocera villosa, n. sp. 



G. viridis, sub-nitida, fortiter punctata, pilosa ; thorace vitta 

 marginali alba ; elytris fulvo-viridis, liuea marginali punctoque 

 suturali postice ochraceis. Long. 13|— 15|- mm. 



Head closely and coarsely punctured, the base s^saringly 

 punctured, sides of clypeus sharply elevated, the apical j^oints 

 somewhat obtuse, anterior margin slightly elevated in the 

 middle ; shining green with long golden-brown pubescence, the 

 lateral excavations of the clypeus white. 



Thorax closely and coarsely punctured, basal margin tri- 

 sinuous, shallowly emarginate above the scutellum, posterior 

 angles strongly rounded ; shining green with long golden-brown 

 pubescence, a stri^je on each side from the anterior angles to 

 about one-third from the base, white. 



Scntellmn broad, triangular, coarsely pimctnred and pubes- 

 cent, sides smooth ; shining green. 



