76 Dr. H. Schaum on new Species of Cetoniida. 



abdomine undique creberrime punctatum, pectore medio fovea 

 longitudinali creberrime punctata. Abdominis segmentum 

 ultimum apice truncatum. Pedes elongati, tibiae posteriores 

 parce setosae ; tarsi tibiis non breviores, articulis elongatis, un- 

 guiculis acutis simplicibus $ . 



This very remarkable insect is unique in Mr. Melly's collec- 

 tion. The specimen was found under the fifth degree of northern 

 latitude in Western Africa. The species recedes from the type 

 of the genus in some important characters. The head is scarcely 

 broader than long ; the clypeus is bidentated ; the thorax much 

 narrower ; the legs much more elongated, chiefly the tarsi, the 

 joints of which are more slender, the claws longer and sharper. 

 The shape of the pygidium, and the posterior tibiae having only a 

 few hairs, prove that the specimen is a male, though it has on the 

 middle of the pectus an impression, which is, however, not so deep 

 as in the male of P. harbata. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE. 



Plate Vin. fig. 2. Gymnetis pacila, Schaum. 



3. Gymnetis WoUastonii, Schaum. 



4. Schizorrhina palmata, Schaum. 



5. Head of Ischnostoma nasuta, Schaum. 



6. Glycyphana Kuperi, White. 



7. Oxythyrea Helen<z, Schaum. 



