new or little knoion Cetoniidfe. 135 



tibiae tridentate, the upper tooth obsolete, posterior tarsi very 

 long and slender, the three basal joints taken together distinctly- 

 longer than the tibiae. 

 Hab. Madagascar. 



For the only specimen I have seen of this charming species I 

 am indebted to Mr. Scott, to whom I have dedicated it. 



This species is most nearly allied to 8. crocata, G. and P., and 

 bears even a closer resemblance to the Trichiides than does that 

 species. The intermediate legs and anterior tarsi are un- 

 fortunately wanting in my specimen. 



I may here mention that the four species described by Gory 

 and Percheron (Silb. Eev. Ent. III. pp. 128-129) must, as con- 

 jectured by Prof. Burmeister (Handb. f. Entom. III. p. 591) 

 thirty-five years since from an examination of the actual types, 

 be reduced to two, coccinea being the $ of crocata. and velutina 

 the $ of vermiculata, a position of affairs ignored by Mess. 

 Gemminger and v. Harold in their Catalogus Coleopterorum 

 IV. (1869). 



Pygora ornata, n. sp. 



P. nigra nitida, elytris striatis, plaga disci rubra, albo-quadri- 

 maculatis, pygidio convexo. Long. 15-17 mm. lat. G|-7|- mm. 



Head closely and rather coarsely punctate, clypeus slightly 

 narrowed anteriorly, its sides straight, its apex rounded and 

 shallowly emarginate, its margins reflexed, its central portion 

 convex, impressed in front. 



Thorax with a fcAv scattered punctures at the sides, lateral 

 margins elevated and angularly produced in the middle, base 

 shallowly emarginate in front of the scutellum, posterior angles 

 nearly rectangular their extreme apices rounded. 



Scutellum very acute, convex, impunctate. 



Elytra abruptly narrowed liehind tlie humeral angles, thence 

 slightly widened towards the apex, where each is separately and 

 strongly rounded, suture depressed, the disc of each with three 

 deep longitudinal striae, of which the inner two are curved and 

 extend from about one fourth from the base to the apex, the 

 outer one short, reaching from near the base to about the middle, 

 there are a few punctures at the commencement of each of the 

 striaj, and a short sinuous row of them between the outer stria 



