neni or UttJe known Otoniidu'. 255 



Eh/tra widest beliiud the middle, the suture and two feeblv 

 raised narrow longitudinal carina? on each smooth, the outer 

 one rather indistinct, the intei'stices very closely and coarsely 

 ]iunctured, especially at the sides and apex ; greenish fulvous, 

 pubescent and shining, a small round spot lietween the suture 

 and inner carina, aljout one-third from the apex and a brond 

 marginal stripe, slightly turned inwards fit the apex, ochreous- 

 white. 



Pygldium finely irregularly strigose ; dark green with ;in 

 ovate ochreous- white spot on each side. 



Beneath shining green, pubescent, with large patclies of Avhite 

 at the sides; mesosternal process short, apex obtuse and glabrous; 

 nbdomen with large transverse white stripes at the sides and a 

 row of large cpiadrate spots in the central depression ; legs 

 coarsely punctured, pubescent, shining green, anterior and inter- 

 mediate femora narrowly edged with white, jiosterior femora 

 white on their outer sides except at the base and apex. 



Angola. 



Allied to (J. hirta, Burm., l)ut vciy distuict: a female specimen 

 I have before me has the pubescence very short and sparse. 



The following tabulation of all the species of the genus 

 Gnatliocem will assist in their determination. 



1. Mesosternal process long' and ciu'veil. ajiex more or 

 less bent inwards. 

 A. Upper side shining. 



a. Anterior margin of clypeus with an acute point i)i 



the centre, legs black. 



* Thorax and underside without markings - - - Al':rlii. 

 ** Thorax and underside with white markings. 



t Thorax with a central impressed white stripe cUda. 

 tt Thorax without a central stripy fi/n/d/nt-si.-!. 



b. Anterior margin of cbn^eus without a central 



point, legs red. 



* Elytra fulvous without marhings. 



t Thorax fulvous, with a tine white interrupted 



central line riiji/>rs. 



tt Thorax g-reen on the disc, central line broad 

 and entire. 



i White marginal lines of thorax interrupted, 

 scntellum green with a white central 



line - - - ■ Ivriil:!. 



XX White marginal lines of thorax entire, 



scutellum "fulvous without a centra' line - i/niri'is. 

 ** Elvtra with white marginal markings. 



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