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Notices of new or little known CETONiiDib; : by Oliver E. 

 Janson. No. 1. 



Cntinis pnlitd, 11. sp. 



C. nigra, nitida, convexa ; clypeo crebre i"ude(|uo puuctato, 

 apice rotuiidato, pariiin producto ; thorace vage profuiide puuc- 

 tato ; elytris parce subtilis.siineipe subseriatim punctatis. Long. 

 $ 20, $ 23 mm., lat. $ 11, ^ 13i mm. 



Black, sliining ; bead convex and .smooth at the base, clypeu.s 

 thickly, deeply and coarsely punctate, with an elevated longitu- 

 dinal ridge extending from the crown nearly to the apex, margin 

 rellexed, apex slightly produced, rounded. 



Thorax finely and sparsely punctate on the disc, the punctures 

 coarser and denser at the sides, especially near the anterior 

 angles, Avhere they become confluent, .basal lobe large, depressed, 

 nearly covering the scutellum, a central impressed longitudinal 

 line, effaced on the disc, but distinct behind. 



Scutellum very narrow and acute. 



Elytra sparsely and very finely punctate, the punctures 

 arranged in indistinct rows on the disc and sides, larger and 

 confused at the apex, suture depressed near the scutellum, 

 elevated posteriorly ; epimera thickly and coarsely punctate. 



Pygidmm convex, transversely strigose, with a large shallow 

 depression on each side. 



Beneath sparsely arcuate-punctate at the sides, alidomen with 

 a few shallow punctures arranged in an irregular transverse row 

 on segments 2-4, confused on 5-6 ; mesosternal process ratlier 

 short, flat, rounded at the apex ; femora and hinder pairs of 

 tibia3 fringed with black hairs, anterior tibiie obtusely tridentate. 



Female larger, with the clypeus broader and more strongly 

 punctate, the thorax also is more densely punctate, and the 

 anterior tibiiB are stouter, with tlie teeth acute. 



