new or little knoim Cetoniidte. 253 



Scutelhiiii impuactate ; fulvous slightly tiuged witli gi'een, 

 sliining. 



Elytra parallel-sided, the suture and two longitudinal carina^ 

 on each strongly raised and with scattered fine punctures, the 

 interstices rather coarsely and very closely punctured, the punc- 

 tures confluent and forming irregular striaj at the sides and apex; 

 pale fulvous, shining. 



Pi/gidium flat, finely irregularly strigose ; greenish-black with 

 a large triangular white patch on each side. 



Beneath greenish-black, shining, the sides broadly white ; 

 mesosternal process rather broad, apex obtuse, pale yellow ; 

 abdomen broadly white at the sides, with a row of small white 

 spots in the central dej^ression ; legs pale red, the femora Avith 

 a longitudinal white stripe on their outer side. 



Angola. 



Allied to G. trin'ttata, Swed.: the specimen from Avhich T 

 have taken the above description was given to me by the late 

 Dr. Welwitsch, there are also specimens in INFr. Higgins's collec- 

 tion found by Monteiro, at Bembe. 



Gnathocera cruda. n. sp. 



n. vlridis, nitida, elytris scutelloque viridi-fulvis ; capite 

 vitta utrinque macnlisque duabus basalibus all)is ; thorace albo- 

 trivittato ; elytris linea marginali alba postice dilatata ; pygidio 

 iitrinqne albo-biplagiato. Long. 17 mm. 



Head coarsely strigose, base coarsely but sparingly punctured, 

 Avith the centre slightly longitudinally raised and smooth, sides 

 of clypeus sharply elevated, the apical points slightly curved 

 and acute, the anterior margin slightly prominent in the centre ; 

 shining green, a small spot on each side at the base, close to the 

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

 Avhite ; antenna^ black, the club and palpi red. 



Thorax rather s]iarin,uly and finely punctured on the disc, the 

 punctures coarser and confluent at the sides, lateral margins 

 strongly raised in the middle, basal margin deeply emarginate 

 above the scutellnm ; shining green, sides and base slightly 

 fulvous, a central im]")ressed narrow longitudinal stripe and one 

 on each side near the lateral margins (almost interrupted in the 

 middle), white. 



Scutellnm large with the apex acute, imjinnctate ; fiilvnus 

 green, shining. 



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