new or little Tanown Cetoniida?. 257 



black, an irregular, smuoixs, transverse mark close to the apex 

 and some small obscure spots jnst before it reddish testaceous ; 

 the epimera black with a testaceous spot above. 



Pligidiwn strigose at the sides, the centre with coarse, shallow, 

 semi-circular punctures ; dull black with some small chalky- 

 Avhite spots. 



Benectth and legs strigose and punctured, shining l)lack, 

 sparsely pubescent ; mesosternal process prominent, short, the 

 apex obtuse ; abdomen with two rows of white spots on each 

 side, a ti'ansverse row of punctures on each segment ; anterior 

 tibicc with two long, curved and acute lateral teeth. 



Livingstonia, Lake Nyassa. 



Allied to E. nigritula, Bohm. 



Mr. Simons found this species plentifully on flowers. The 

 variety given above looks very different, but intermediate forms 

 occur in which the elytra are more or less variegated with 

 black, the white spots at the sides of the thorax are sometimes 

 absent. 



Anoplochilus influtvs, n. sp. 



A. ovatus, convexus, rufo-brunneus, nitidus, viridi micans, 

 pilosus, confertim punctatus; elytris 4-carinatis, maculis 8-albis. 

 Long. 14 mm. 



Reddish-brown -with a metallic green tint. 



Head very closely and finely punctured, a small rcjund space 

 at the base smooth, rather densely covered with fine silvery 

 pubescence ; clypeus quadrate, the sides acutely elevated, ante- 

 rior margin straight and strongly turned up. 



Thorax very convex, widest just behind the middle, anterior 

 angles produced and acute, posterior angles strongly roimded, 

 the basal margin strongly emarginate above the scutellimi, an 

 impressed median line on the anterior half, closely and finely 

 punctured, with a very fine and rather dense silvery pubescence. 



Scutellum strongly depressed at the sides, sparsely but rather 

 coarsely punctured. 



Elytra convex, slightly depressed round the scutellum, the 

 sides only slightly siiuious behind the shoulders, the suture and 

 four carinas on each lather strongly elevated, the second most 

 pronounced, the interstices with rows of coarse irregular con- 

 fluent punctures, the sides and apex coarsely and irregularly 



