74 Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse on Madagascar Cetoniidee. 



ject is that Chlamijdodera maculata makes a round, mode- 

 rate-sized, cup-shaped nest, like that of the English jay 

 (Garridus glandarius), and placed among the branches of 

 high trees. 



The new species, Chlamydodera orientalis, is a native of 

 Queensland, and tolerably common at Port Denison. _ In size 

 it is about the same as C. nuchalis, whose habitat is on the 

 opposite part of the continent. The bird figured by Jardine 

 and Selby was from one of these western countries ; it is also 

 the bird spoken of by Capt. Grey in his travels, as well as 

 the one mentioned by the officers Bynoe and Dring of the 

 surveying-ship ' Beagle ; ' lastly, specimens were brought 

 over to this country by the lamented Elsey, who collected 

 them at the Victoria river. 



It is not by writing ever so minutely that I can make the 

 public perceive the difference in these two nearly allied birds ; 

 but if a series of skins from both countries are placed side by 

 side it will be at once perceptible. The great peculiarity in 

 the present species [orientalis) is the barring of the upper 

 plumage, almost approaching to that of C. maculata and C. 

 guttata. This new bird is less silky in its plumage than the 

 western species, particularly the head, cheeks, throat, and 

 under surface. Elsey 's specimens are in the British Museum ; 

 and I have others in my own collection. 



VIII. — A third Contribution to the Knowledge of the Ceto- 

 niidse of Madagascar. By CHARLES O. Waterhouse. 



The British Museum has recently received some interesting 

 additions to the collection of Cetoniidaj from Madagascar. 

 All the species here described are from the neighbourhood of 

 Antananarivo (with the exception of Goptomia elegans, which 

 is from Fianarantsoa) , and were collected by Mr. Kingdom 



Stenotarsia picta. 



Elongata, subparallela, nigro-picea, supra nigra, velutina ; thorace 

 linea circumdata flava ; elytris ad suturam impressis, singulis 

 macula triangulari ante medium ferruginea lineisque duabus 

 tenuibus flavis. 3 $ . 



Long. 7 lin. 



This species has much the appearance of some narrow 

 species of Macronota ; but the legs and tarsi are long and 

 slender, as in Stenotarsia, and the elytra slightly embrace the 

 abdomen. Above dull velvety black, except the head, which 



