534 Mr. A. R. Wallace's Catalogue 



A. Behaan, Gory & Perch, lib. dt. p. 304, pi. 59, f. 1. 



Cetonia nigrita, Fabr. Syst. El. ii. p. 136, var. 



Agestrata Withillii, Hope, Proc. Ent. Soc. 1841, p. 33. 



A. gagates, Hope, I. c. 



Hah. — China, India, Penang, Borneo, Java. 



2. Agesteata luzonica, Eschscholtz. 



Agestrata luzonica, Eschsch. Zool. Atlas, p. 13, pi. 4, f. 8. 

 A. splendens, Gory & Perch. Mon. Get. p. 306, 

 pi. 59, f. 3. 

 ifat.— Philippine Islands (Coll. Parry, B. M.) . 



3. Agesteata Paeeii, n. s. 



Sub-convexa, Isete viridis, subtus viridi-cuprescens ; 

 tibiis cupreis, apicibus nigris ; tarsis rufo-cupreis, 

 nigro-tei^minatis ; antennis nigro-rufis. 



Green, not so metallic as A. orichalca, rather more 

 convex ; the head and cly|Deus less coarsely punctured ; 

 thorax less rugose, and with fine scattered punctures ; 

 elytra somewhat smoother ; beneath, the sternal process 

 is narrow, bent in, not dilated ; the tibia3 are coppery, 

 with the apical spines black, the tarsi dark coppery, 

 with the apex of each joint black ; the antennge dark 

 purple-copper or rufous ; anterior tibige with the second 

 tooth below the apex, small. 



Length 27 lines; width 12 lines. 



fiat.— Borneo (Coll. Parry, B. M.) . 



This fine species appears to differ sufficiently from the 

 other two, to be considered distinct. 



Gen. V. LoMAPTEEA, Gory & Percheron. 



This fine genus is especially characteristic of the Mo- 

 luccas and New Guinea, where the species are often 

 very abundant. They frequent the flowers of palms, or 

 the sap which flows from their cut flower-stalks, and are 

 sometimes found on foliage. They were also sometimes 

 very abundant in new clearings, flying about near the 

 ground, and settling on rotten wood. In the Kaioa 

 Islands, Loniaptcra i^ygidialis was seen flying about by 



