532 ihi new African Cetoniine Beetles. 



Caloinetopus luridua, sp. ii. (PI. V[[L fig. I.) 



Niger, clytris luride brunneis, lateribus, apicibtis lunulaqiio anto- 

 mo'liana uigris, maculatjuo utriiuiuc juxta-scutollari Lcto llava, 

 capite et pronoto albo-sotosis, hujus sohis iitrinque in raaculis 3 

 vel 4 aggregatis, pygidio loiigifciidinaliter albo-fasciato ; parura 

 cloagatus, ociilis proniinentissiaiis, clypeo siibiiuadrato, aiitioe 

 baud fortiter l)ilobato ; prouoto quam longitiidinetu vix latiori, 

 augiilis auticis obsoletis, posticis valdo obtiisis, lateribus anticc 

 convergentibus, postice parallolis; scutello longo acuto ; clytris 

 brevibus, dopbuiatis, sat fortiter baud rogularitcr punctatis, 

 costa buraorali valida iutegra, postico angustatis, rotundatis ; 

 pygidio sat lato, ruguloso ; pcdibus gracilibus : 



6 , clava antenuali louga, tibia antica brcvitcr bideatata, poslica 

 apice iinispinosa. 



Long, 12'5 ram.; lat. 6 mm. 



Nyasaland : Mlauaje (.Si. A. Neave, October). 



A single male specimen. 



C. luridus is nearly related to C. transparens, but is larger 

 and less elongate in shape, and the elytra, althougli slightly 

 shining and translucent, have not the complete transparency 

 so remarkab'e in the last species. The clypeus is rather less 

 deeply cleft than in that insect, the pronotnm has a row of 

 four white spots placed in a transverse line across the middle, 

 and two behind these, forming a pattern ratiier different and 

 a little less sharply defined than in C. transparens or 

 C. hoUisi. The elytra are brown with a slight lustre and 

 coarsely punctured, the whole reflexed part being black, as 

 well as an antemedian bar crossing the suture and produced 

 forwards, forming an irregular crescent. Immediately in 

 front of this bar is a bright yellow patch on each side, as in 

 C. transparens, but only slightly transparent. The pygidium 

 bears a median stripe of white sette, broad at the base and 

 tapering to the extremity, and the sides of the abdominal 

 segments are decorated with white bars, as in all the 

 allied species. In the bidentate front tibiai of the male 

 C. luridus differs conspicuously from both the allied forms. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE VIII. 



FtJ/. 1. Anaynathocern dispar, sp. n., male. 



Fitj. 2. Ditto, female. 



Fii/. -i. Giiat/iocera nii/nilineata, sp. n., female. 



Fi(j. 4. Calometopuit luridus, sj). n., male. 



Fi;/. 5. transpurens, sp. ii., male. 



Fif/. 0. (Jliaradronola eximia, sp. n., male. 



Fiii. 7. Ditto, female. 



