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Notices of new or littU' hiown Cetoniid.e : by Oliver E. 

 Janson. No. 2. 



Ceratorrhina loricata^ u, sp. 



C. rufo-flava, nitida, opalizaus, thorace scutelloque viridi- 

 olivaceo tiuctis, elytris viridi-ocliraceis, macula humerali apicali- 

 que nigris ; capite elongate, profunde longitudinaliter excavato, 

 marginibas lateralibus oblique reflexis, vertice processu l)identato 

 instructo, clypeo utrinque producto, in medio cornu porrecto, 

 apice bifido, armato, $ . Long. 28 mm. 



Reddish testaceous, shining, base of head green, thorax and 

 scutellum with an olive green tint, elytra yellow with a green 

 reflection, the suture green, a small sjiot at the shoulder, and one 

 on the apical callus black ; beneath red, segments margined with 

 oUve green, legs red with a greenish tinge, knees pitch}^ ; the 

 entire upper surface when examined with a lens presents an 

 extremely minute and dense puncturation. 



Head sparsely and shallowly punctured, deeply excavated, 

 the sides obliquely elevated, basal margin produced into a short 

 bifid protuberance, clypeus acutely produced on each side, and 

 armed in the centre with a rather short stout porrect horn, 

 which is dilated and slightl}' emarginate at its apex. 



Thorax rather deeply punctured at the sides, sparsely on the 

 disc, a narrow median space smooth, anterior angles slightly 

 produced, posterior angles rounded, basal margin rather strongly 

 tri-siniiate. 



SniteJJniii Avith a few scattered punctures, ajiex obtuse. 



Elijtra finely punctured, with several irregular rows of larger 

 punctures on the disc, suture slightly elevated and acutely pro- 

 duced at the apex. 



Pygidiuin finely transversely strigose. 



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CiSTULA EnTOMOLOGICA, 



May 17th, 1877. 



