new or little known Cetoniida?. r)39 



Cetonia famelica, n. sp. 



C. subangustata, cupreo-ljruiinea, albo-vai'iegata, nitlda, clyi)eo 

 antice tarsisque viridis, grossc profuudeqiie punctata. Long. 

 17-18 mm. 



Coppery-brown, tinged with green, shining, apex of clyj)ens, 

 knees, apex of tibia? and tarsi bright green, elytra with irregular 

 Avhite marks and spots. 



Head short and broad, very closely and coarsely punctured, 

 the punctures confluent and forming striae at the sides, the 

 centre scarcely elevated ; clypeus broadest at the apex, trans- 

 versely impressed in front, the sides elevated, apical margin 

 strongly elevated and emai'ginate, forming two small obtuse 

 points. 



Thorax rather convex, regularly rounded at the sides, posterior 

 angles strongly rounded, the basal margin only slightly emar- 

 ginate above the scutellum, very closely and coarsely punctiired, 

 a longitiidinal central line smooth, sides coarsely strigose, the 

 disc with three distinct impressions on each side, usually marked 

 with a white spot. 



Scutellum triangular, apex obtuse, impunctate. 



Elytra rather fiat with the usual depresciou behind, com- 

 mencing rather abruptly before the middle, very closely covered 

 Avith semicircular stria^, most of which contain a fine puncture, 

 at the sides and apex they become closer and more confused, 

 forming irregular wavy stride intermixed with punctures, in the 

 region of the scutellum they are more sparse and assume the 

 form of coarse iri-egular punctures, the suture elevated posteriorly 

 but not produced at the apex. 



P//gi(liuin convex, finely transversely strigose, with several 

 indistinct whitish spots. 



Beneath sparsely pubescent and closely strigose; mesosternal 

 process short, strongly dilated, apex truncate ; abdomen with 

 semicircular striaj at the sides and scattered punctures in the 

 middle ; legs coarsely strigose, the anterior tibia' with three 

 obtuse teeth. 



The female is rather more coarsely sculptured, -with the ;!])ical 

 segment of the abdomen very closely punctured, and a nuuh 

 stronger tooth on the intermediate and posterior tibiai. 



Shantung, N. China. 



Allied to C. intiicata, Saund., suhinariaorea, Burui., and 

 corifiiciusana, Themis. 



