New American Cetoniida?. 585 



the apex, a few punctures at the base. Elytra Avith rows of 

 coarse shallow punctures, the sides and apex strigose, the carinas 

 rather strongly elevated. Pygidium finely strigose. Beneath 

 ]>unctate and strigose at the sides, abdominal segments with a 

 transverse row of fine punctures, mesosternal process short, trans- 

 verse, anterior tibias with two strong obtuse teeth before the 

 apex. Length 12 mm. 



Guatemala (from the collection of the late A. Murray). 



Allied to E. iw^tita, G.P. 



Eupliorta Untufnla, u. sp. 



$ Blackish blue, shining, tinged with green, a narrow 

 marginal line at the sides of the thorax, irregular transverse 

 impressed spots on the elytra, and some spots on the pygidium 

 silvery-white, underside and legs with sparse pale pubescence, 

 the second to fourth abdominal segments with a transverse Avhite 

 spot on each side. Head Avith coarse confluent punctures, 

 clypeus rounded at the sides, the margins slightly elevated, the 

 apex siiiuous. Thorax convex, rather coarsely punctured, Avith 

 a smooth central line, the base strongly emarginate before the 

 scutellum. Scutellum Avith a fcAv punctures disposed in the 

 form of a V. Elytra with irregular coarse punctures on the 

 disc, the sides strigose, the carinas and suture moderately 

 elevated and smooth. Pygidium convex and strigose. Beneath 

 strigose at the sides, sparsely punctured in the centre, meso- 

 sternal process short, transverse, anterior tibia? Avith tAVO teeth 

 and the apical spine acute. Length 13-14 mm. 



Guatemala. 



Allied to E. melanclwlica, G.P., but shorter, broader, and 

 more convex, with the punctuation more sparse, and the clypeus 

 broade?.' and less elevated at the apex. 



