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pubescente; tibiis anticis extus apice bidentatis, dentibus 

 approxiraatis. — Long. 12 — I^J, lat. 7i — 7? millira. 



Cetonia fiirvata Fabr. Syst. El. II. p. 156, 106. — Schonh. 



Syn. Ins. III. p. 142. 147. 

 Cetonia tigrina Oliv. Ent. I. 6. 91. 120. T. 12. f. 111. — 



Gory et Perch. Mon. .272, 148. T. 53. f. 2. 

 Elaplnnis furvata BURM. Handh. V. p. 597. 3. 



Habitat in Caffraria tota frequens. Bhn 



725. Elaphinis latecostata: ovata, panim convexa, rufo- 

 testacea, nitida; capite a^neo; protliorace parce pun- 

 ctulato, dorso vittis duabus, obliquis, a^neis, apice con- 

 nexis; scutello aeneo, basi punctulato; elytris crebre 

 nigro-tessellatis, geminatini subtiliter punctato-striatis, 

 in dorso tricostatis, costis latis, parum convexis, sub- 

 tilissime, parce punctulatis; tibiis anticis extus biden- 

 tatis, dentibus remotis. — Long. 10, lat. 6 niillira. 



Habitat in tractu fluvii Limpoponis. 



Statura et summa similitudo El. irroratw, prothorace 

 parcius punctato, scutello a;neo, elytris distincte, subtiliter 

 punctato-striatis, costis dorsalibus latioribus, parum con- 

 vexis, ab ilia distincta. Caput reneum, nitiduni, postice 

 evidenter, antice subtilius punctatum; fronte clypeoque 

 impressis; oculis rotundatis, convexis, brunneis. Antennas 

 piceas, basi apiceque ferruginero. Prothorax latitudine 

 nonnihil brevior, apice truncatus; lateribus anguste re- 

 flexo-marginatus, ad medium oblique ampliatus, dein leviter 

 rotundatus; postice utrinque rotundatus, medio sub-trun- 

 catus, modice convexus, rufo-testaceus, parum nitidus, 

 parce punctulatus; dorso vittis duabus introrsnm obliquis, 

 postice abbreviatis, antice conjunctis, a^ncis. Scutellum 

 oblongo-triangulare, rcneum, basi utrinque punctulatum. 

 Elytra prothorace nonnihil latiora et illo duplo longiora, 

 humeris obtusis, antice oblique truncatis; pone humeros 

 leviter sinuata, dein parum angustata, apice conjunctim ob- 

 tusa, paullum convexa, rufo-testacca, maculis nigris, saepe 



