538 Mr. O. E. Janson's Notices of 



species iu general characters, its coloration is conspicuously 

 distinct and lieautiful. 



Cetonia impavida, n. sp. 



C. late ovata, convexa, cajruleo-nigra, )iitida ; elytris albo- 

 maculatis, arcuato-striatis. Long, 19, lat. 11 mm. 



Blue-black, shining. 



Head short, rather closely and coarsely punctured, clypeus 

 transverse, the anterior angles rounded, sides slightly elevated 

 and closely punctured, anterior margin elevated and slightly 

 sinuous; apex of antennas reddish. 



Thorax convex, basal margin strongly rouuded and scarcely 

 emarginate above the scutellum, the disc very finely and sparsely 

 punctured, the punctures becoming coarser and confluent at the 

 sides, the base Avith two indistinct shallow depressions before the 

 scutellum. 



Scutellum short, apex rounded, impunctate, with an indistinct 

 imjDression in the centre. 



Elytra rather convex and very finely and sparsely jiuuctured 

 in the region of the scutellum, the sides and apical half with 

 rows of semicircular strioe, each of which contains a small punc- 

 ture, the suture rather strongly elevated posteriorly, but not 

 produced at the apical angle, the disc with an indistinct longi- 

 tudinal ridge behind the middle; each elytron with about twelve 

 small white spots, of which six or seven are on the margin, two 

 very small near the base, two placed obliquely about the middle, 

 and a transverse linear one close to the suture, about one-foin-th 

 from the apex. 



Pygidhim finely irregularly strigose, with sparse golden 

 pubescence. 



Beneatli strigose and pubescent at the sides; mesosternal pro- 

 cess short, apex dilated and rounded ; abdomen with some fine 

 punctures at the base of the segments, the apical segment very 

 closely punctured; legs coarsely punctured, strigose and slightly 

 pubescent, anterior tibia; with three small acute lateral teeth, 

 intermediate and posterior tibise with an acute tooth about the 

 middle and an indistinct one just above it, all the knees marked 

 with a Avhite spot. 



India. 



A very distinct and ajiparently undescribed species; I have 

 seen several specimens but have not been able to ascertain its 

 precise habitat. 



