Descriptions of ncvj Sjwcics of Australian Cetoniidfe : hj 

 , Oliver E. Jaxson. 



ffcmipharis castanea, n. sp. 



Castanea, parum nitida, capite scutelloque nigris, clyj^eo 

 profunde einarginato, marginibus elevatis, tliorace subtiliter 

 punctato, pygidio acuiiiinato. Long. 14-16 lin., lat. 7-8 lin. 



var. : corpore toto castaneo. 



Eeddish-brown, head and scutellum black, the former 

 punctate ; clypeus deeply eniarginate, its margins elevated. 



Tliorax finely punctate, the punctures coarser towards 

 the margins, a small obscure spot on each side, the base 

 narrowly edged with black, strongly bisinuate. 



Scutellum sparsely punctate. 



Elytra somewhat coarsely punctate, the punctures ar- 

 ranged irregularly in rows ; apex strigose, suture depressed 

 behind the scutellum, but raised posteriorly, a pitchy spot 

 on the shoulder. 



Pygidium acuminate, transversely strigose. 



Beneath pitcliy red, penultimate segment of abdomen 

 with a row of shallow punctures ; apex of mesosternum 

 produced, narrow and flat. 



Legs reddish ; knees and tarsi piceous, anterior tibi?e 

 with two sharp teeth on the outer edge, the spines at the 

 apices of all the tibite long and sharp. 



The female differs from the male in having a much 

 broader form, the elytra more finely punctured, and in the 

 penultimate segment of the abdomen having a number of 

 shallow punctures, from each of which issues a short hair, 

 the other segments have a single row of similar punctures. 

 The anterior tibiae are as in the male, but the intermediate 

 and posterior tibiae are acutely dentate. 



N. W. Australia (Nicol Bay). S> Coll. Sharp ; ?, Coll. 

 Parry, Higgins, B.M., Janson. 



