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examination of the specimens, corroborated Mr. Lowe’s statement that the hybrid 
drones distinctly showed characters peculiar to Apis mellifica in combination with the 
characters which distinguish A, Ligustica and A. fasciata respectively. 
“A Catalogue of the Cetoniide of the Malayan Archipelago, with Descriptions 
of the New Species,” by Mr. A. R. Wallace. In this Catalogue 181 Malayan 
Cetoniide are enumerated, 70 of them being described as new. The following are 
brief diagnoses of the novelties :— 
Heterorhina Florensis.—Nigra, nitida ; thorace utrinque macula magna triangulari 
rubra; elytris singulis macula magna oblonga subquadrata flavo-testacea; ¢ cornubus 
duobus divergentibus, recurvatis. ¢ 11 lin., Q 10 lin. Flores. 
H, Malayana.—Nigra, nitida; thorace lateribus et fascia lata postica rubris; 
elytris singulis macula magna elongata flavo-testacea ; femoribus rubris; ¢ cornubus 
duobus rectis, non divergentibus, sed apicibus dilatatis. @ 11 lin. Penang. 
H, nigrotestacea.—Nigra, nitida; clypeo quadrato, integro; capite cornu parvo 
depresso ; elytris macula magna quadrata testacea, ad suturam interrupta; subtus im- 
maculata, processu sternali longo incurvato. 9 lin. Malay Peninsula, Siam. 
H. Borneensis.—Viridis; thorace punctato, macula magna centrali nigra; elytris 
rubro-nigris, fasciis una mediana alteraque apicali viridibus; capite cornu parvo dila- 
tato, clypeo rotundato, recurvato, minime emarginato. 9 lin. Borneo. 
H. mitrata.—Precedenti similis, sed cornu acuto et clypeo elongato, bidentato. 
10 lin. Penang. 
H. modesta.— Nigra, elytris singulis macula magna obliqua viridi-sericea; 
clypeo quadrato, margine antico integro, vertice obscure carinato. 9 lin. Tondano, 
Celebes. 
Clinteria Bowringii.— Nigra, opaca, elytris singulis’ macula magna laterali roseo- 
cinnabarina. 7 lin. Java. 
C. Malayensis—Nigra, subtus nitida, supra opaca, subenea; thorace punctis 4, 
elytris singulis maculis 2 flavis, una magna, altera apicali minore. 6} lin. Penang. 
C. Flora.—Supra nigro-brunnea; thorace punctis 2 et macula marginali fulvo- 
luteis; elytris singulis fascia lata longitudinali brunneo-rufa, punctis 2 discalibus 
maculisque marginalibus et apicalibus fulvo-luteis. 7 lin. Flores. 
Agestrata Parryi.—Subconvexa, lete viridis, subtus viridi-cuprescens; tibiis 
cupreis, apicibus nigris; tarsis rufo-cupreis, nigro-terminatis; antennis nigro-rufis. 
27 lin. Borneo. 
Lomaptera striata.—Viridis, lata, subconvexa; pygidio conoideo, transverso, com- 
presso, vix carinato; thorace punctato; elytris punctato-striatis; tarsis viridi-cupreis. 
15—17 lin. Borneo, Penang. 
L. Timoriensis.—Nigra, polita; thoracis disco tenuiter punctato; elytris lateribus 
distincte, disco obsolete punctato-striatis; pygidio conoideo, obtuso. 10—12 lin. 
Timor. 
L. agni.—L. pulle simillima; viridi-enea vel purpurea, subtus magis purpurea, 
nitidissima ; thorace valde lobato, scutellum tegente; elytris lateribus rugosis; corpore 
subtus levi, processu sternali longo, recto, apice incurvato. 15 lin. Penang. 
L. Esmeralda.—Intense viridis; thorace levi, lateribus punctatis; scutello dis- 
tincto; elytris basi levibus, deinde punctatis et rugosv-striatis: processu sternali 
elongato, incurvato. 12 lin. “ N. Hebrides, Solomon or Fidji Is.’ 
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