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4. Antichira Oliviert. 
Cetonia splendida, Oliv., Ent. 1., 6, p. 75, pl. 4, f. 21. 
C.. splendida, Fabr., var., Syst. El. ii., p. 141. 
The true Cetonia splendida, Fab. (Syst. Ent., p. 47) is 
of a shining brownish purple with blue reflections, with 
the sides of thorax and the entire elytra dark yellow. 
The ‘‘ Cetonia splendida, Fab.,” of Olivier is a more 
ovate species, bright green, with the sides of the thorax 
and elytra yellow. Fabricius, in his later work, calls it 
a variety of his species, but as it is quite distinct I pro- 
pose to call it Olivieri. 
Burmeister’s description of splendida is taken from 
the British Museum specimens; he does not seem to 
have known Olivier’s insect, of which there are now 
two examples agreeing perfectly with the figure and 
description. 
5. Antichira pantochloris, Blanch. 
M. Blanchard (Cat. Mus. Paris, p. 205), compares this 
to A. splendida, and states that it is broader, and has 
the thorax broader and entirely green. I think that 
there can be little doubt that M. Blanchard is speaking 
of A. splendida, Olivier, and not the Fabrician species, 
as there is in the British Museum collection a species 
which differs from A. splendida, Ol., in the way he 
mentions. If I have rightly identified his species, the 
character ‘‘ pygidio fortiter striato ”’ will probably only 
apply to the female; two male examples, presumably of 
the same species, have the pygidium punctured, and only 
strigose on the margins. 
6. Antichira levicollis, n.s. 
Breviter oblonga, convexa, polita, eneo-cuprea, subtus 
cuprea; elytris brunneo-flavis, pygidio longe piloso. 
Long. 93 lin. 
Very near A. clavata, Fab. in general form and colour, 
but it is shorter and more convex, and almost entirely 
without any sculpture whatever on the upper surface ; 
only on the sides of the thorax some delicate punctures 
may be seen. The pygidium is vermiculose-strigose, 
TRANS. ENT. soc. 1881.—Pant Iv. (DEC.) 4a 
