of Malayan Cetoniidce. 581 



6. Cetonia celebicAj n. s. (PI. XIV. fig. 7) . 



Nigro-cuprea, nitida, punctata, elytris singulis maculis 

 sex fulvis, apice ad suturani acuto, nee spinoso. 

 Subtus cuprea, corpora at abdominis lateribus rufo- 

 aureo-maculatis. 



Above, deep purplish-bronze or coppery-black, shining ; 

 head thickly punctate; clypeus entire, bordered ; thorax 

 sub-triangular, finely punctured on the disk, more 

 coarsely on the sides, sometimes with a marginal line of 

 buflf-ochre ; scutellum triangular, smooth ; elytra finely 

 but irregularly punctured, an obtuse ridge on each side 

 towards the apex, where there is an angular keel on each 

 side of the suture, the apex acute but not spined ; three 

 lateral and three sutural transverse golden-buff spots, 

 and a smaller one on the inner angle of the epimera 

 above ; a sub-triangular border on each side of the pygi- 

 dium. Beneath, dai"k coppery purple_, smooth ; the sides 

 of the abdomen body and thorax banded and spotted 

 with deep golden-rufous ; the sternal spine much dilated 

 and almost circular at the end ; legs fringed with deep 

 rufous hairs ; anterior tibiae with a strong tooth below 

 the apex, and a smaller one beneath ; middle and hind 

 tibiae slightly notched on the outer margin towards the 

 apex. 



Length 10^ lines. 



Hah.— Tondano, N. Celebes (Coll. Wall.) . 



Somewhat allied to C. philippensis, but larger, broader, 

 and differently marked and coloured. 



7. Cetonia philippensis, Fabricius. 



Cetonia philippensis, Fab. Syst. El. ii. p. 152. 



Protcetia •phUippensis , Burm. Handb. iii. p. 496. 



C. hieroglyphica, Gory & Perch. Mon. Cet. p, 175, 



pi. 31, f. 1. 



iTafe.— Philippine Islands (Coll. Wall., B. M.). 



8. Cetonia Guerini, Eydoux & Souleyet. 



Cetonia Guerini, Eyd. et Soul. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 265. 

 Gametis Guerinii, Burm. Handb. v. p. 556. 

 C. Bogeri, Burm. Handb. iii. p. 796. 

 Hah. — Philippine Islands (B. M.) . 



