252 Mr. O. E. Janson's Notices of 



pale fulvous, shining, a large oval discal joatch green, a central 

 impressed longitudinal stripe, a spot on each side close to the 

 anterior angles and a short stripe near the lateral margins for 

 about half their length from the posterior angles, white. 



Scutellum with scattered punctures at the sides; shining green, 

 an impressed central longitudinal line, white. 



Elytra somewhat dilated about the middle, the suture and 

 two lougitudiiial carinas on each strongly raised and with scat- 

 tered fine punctures, the interstices and sides very coarsely and 

 shallowly punctured, the apex strigose ; pale fulvous, shining. 



PygUlinm convex, transversely strigose ; jjitchy-black, with 

 a sub-ovate white spot on each side. 



Beneath greenish-black, shining, with large patches of -white 

 at the sides ; mesosternal process narrow, apex acute, fulvous ; 

 abdomen with a transverse white stripe at the sides of each 

 segment and a row of spots in the central depression ; legs 

 fulvous, the femora Avith a longitudinal white stripe on their 

 outer side. 



The female is rather broader than the male, with the teeth 

 on the anterior tibiee obtuse, and the abdomen convex without 

 the central spots. 



Angola. 



Several specimens of this distinct Httle species were given to 

 me by the late Dr. Welwitsch who found it in considerable 

 numbers ; it is most nearly allied to G. gracilis, O. Janson. 



Gnathocera gracAlis, n. sp. 



G. pallide fulva, nitida ; capite viridi, vitta utriuque, maculis- 

 que duabus basahbus albis ; thorace antice viridi, vittis tribus 

 albis; scutello lajvi. Long. 12-|-14 mm. 



Head finely and closely strigose, the base with scattered punc- 

 tures, sides of clypeus elevated and sinuous, the apical points 

 acute and nearly straight, anterior margin slightly prominent in 

 the centre ; dark green, a spot on each side at the base close to 

 the eyes, and a longitudinal stripe on each side of the clypeus 

 white, antennas pitchy. 



Thorax gradually narrowed from the base, the disc finely 

 punctured, the punctures coarser and confluent at the sides ; 

 fulvous, shining, the disc and apex green, a central impressed 

 longitudinal stripe and one on each side close to the lateral 

 margins, extending from the base to the apex, white, 



