146 Mr. O. E. Jansojj's Notices of 



absent ; I have seen no males presenting any indication of the 

 discal spots, which appear to be always more or less present in 

 the opposite sex. 



Diplognutha virkhila, n. sp. 



D. aneo-vii'idis, nitidissima, subtiis c'nj^reo tincta, clypeo 

 subtiliter punctato, thorace lateribns conifertissime punctato- 

 rugoso, elytris subtihter striato-j)unctatis, $ , Long. 20 mm. 



Entii-ely dark green, very shining, above with a brassy re- 

 flection, underside tinged with coppery. 



Head finely and sparsely punctured, more coarsely so at the 

 l)ase, forehead slightly convex ; clypeiis short, slightly convex 

 in the centre, apex and sides elevated, especially at the angles. 



Thorax strongly lobed behind, slightly emarginate above the 

 scutellum, posterior angles rounded, disc impunctate, sides very 

 finely punctured and strigose. 



Scutellwn narrow, convex, impunctate. 



Elytra with a sutural and several indistinct discal roAvs of 

 extremely fine punctures, the sides and apex finely strigose, 

 suture elevated at the apex, the angle rounded and shghtly 

 produced, the ajjical callus very prominent. 



Pygidlwn finely transversely strigose, with a small round 

 depression on each side. 



Beneath coarsely punctured and strigose at the sides ; meso- 

 sternal process broad, obtusely rounded at the apex ; abdomen 

 longitudinally impressed ; legs coarsely punctured, anterior tibia^ 

 acutely tridentate externally, intermediate and posterior tibise 

 with one acute tooth, about one-third from the apex. 



Hab. West Afi-ica (Cape Coast). Coll. Janson. 



The specimen now before me, and one in Major Parry's col- 

 lection, are all I have seen of this fine species ; it is evidently 

 allied to D. gagates, Fab. which it resembles in size and form. 



Synonymia. 



AUorhina hypoglauca, Westw., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874, 

 p. Al b,^Lansbergci, Salle, (1857). 



The locality giAcn (Nicaragua), is probably erroneous, Mr. 

 Higgins's specimen is from Bogota. 



