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Notices of new or little known Cetoniid.e ; by Oliver E. 

 Janson. No. 5. 



Discopeltis aberrans, n. sp. 



D. elongata, capite nigro, uitldo ; tliorace nigro, opaco, 

 lateribus late sordide rufo marginato ; elytris obsolete striato- 

 punctatis, sordide rufis, macula basali trigona nigra notatis ; 

 pygidio medio riif o ; siibtus nigra, nitida. Long. 13^. lat. 

 6-5- mm. 



Head with coarse confluent punctures at the base and sides, 

 the clypeus finely punctured, a feeble central longitudinal ridge 

 on the forehead, and an obhque one on each side united at the 

 base smooth ; clypeus depressed at the sides, the apex rounded 

 and emarginate in the centre ; black, slightly shining ; antenna; 

 black, the apex reddish. 



Thorax convex, the sides slightly prominent in the middle, the 

 base produced into an obtuse point over the scutellum, rather 

 finely and obsoletely punctured ; dull black, the sides broadly 

 margined with dull red. 



Scutellum partly concealed, the apex strongly produced and 

 very acute ; dull black. 



Elytra half as long again as broad, depressed, parallel-sided, 

 the suture posteriorly and two carinas, united at the apical 

 callosity, feebly elevated and smooth, the interstices and sides 

 with indistinct punctate strias, the apex Avith scattered shallow 

 punctures ; dull rusty red, with an elongate triangular dull 

 black patch at the base, extending along the suture beyond the 

 middle; epimera shining black and coarsely punctured above. 



Pygidimn dull black on each side, the centre broadly dull red. 



Beneath coarsely punctured and strigose, shining black, the 

 prothorax and posterior coxa; margined with red ; mesosternal 

 process short and broad, the apex straight and not dilated ; 

 abdomen with a transverse row of punctures on each segment, 

 the apical segment closely punctured and red in the centre, the 

 sides with spai'se golden putrescence ; legs shining black, coarsely 



