78 Mr. C. O. Waterhouse on Madagascar Cetoniida3. 



tulatis, lateribus sub humeris cyaneis, apicem versus viridibus et 



cupreo tinctis ; pygidio piceo, medio cyaneo, sat crebro punctato ; 



pedibus piceis ; pcctore abdomineque cyaneis, viridi variegatis. 5 • 

 Long. 7 lin. 



This is a much broader and flatter species than the prece- 

 ding. I have not seen the male. The mesial line on the 

 thorax is smooth. 



Pygora versicolor. 



Viridi-prasina, nitidissima ; tborace antice parum angustato, lateri- 

 bus punctatis ; elytris sexies striatis, striis punctatis ; pygidio 

 punctulato* 



Long. 4| lin. 



This species varies in colour. Sometimes it is entirely 

 green or dark olive ; the elytra are generally darker at the 

 base, sometimes green with the base purple-blue or violet, 

 with a pale yellowish-lilac ovate spot a little way from the 

 base ; sometimes the whole elytra dark blue. The clypeus 

 is closely and rather finely punctured, the forehead more 

 strongly and less closely punctured. Thorax very convex, 

 not much narrowed in front of the middle, subparallel behind, 

 not angular at the sides, gently arcuate at the base, not emar- 

 ginate before the scutellum, smooth on the disk, rather thickly 

 punctured towards the sides. Scutellum smooth. Elytra 

 each with six strongly impressed punctured lines, the fifth 

 and sixth closer together, not impressed posteriorly, the suture 

 and the second interstice raised ; there are generally some 

 large punctures around the shoulders and on the first inter- 

 stice ; the deflexed margins are rather thickly punctured, the 

 apex generally nearly smooth. Pygidium evenly convex, 

 obscurely and not very thickly punctured. Mesosternal pro- 

 cess almost none. Tibiffi and tarsi pitchy. 



Pygora hirsuta. 



Longe pubescens, versicolor ; thorace crebre sat fortitcr punctato ; 

 elytris fortitcr octostriatis, interstitiis secundo quartoque sat 

 convexis, lateribus parcc punctatis ; pedibus obscure piceis. 



Long. 4 lin. 



Head thickly and strongly punctured, pubescent, green on 

 the vertex, the clypeus pitchy. Thorax obliquely narrowed 

 in front of the middle, subparallel behind, scarcely emarginate 

 before the scutellum, rather strongly and thickly punctured 

 (especially in the female), green, with a large triangular patch 

 on each side of the disk of olive, pitchy, or lilac colour, the 

 sutural line often coppery. Scutellum smooth, green or cop- 

 pery. Elytra green, with the space between the first and 



