254 Mr. O. E. Janson's NoHces of 



Ehjtm deeply emarginate at the sides just behind the humeral 

 angles, someAvhat dilated behind the middle and thence obliquely 

 narrowed, the sutiire and two longitudinal carina? on each 

 strongly elevated, the interstices coarsely punctured in rows, 

 Avith scattered fine punctures, the sides and apex Avith the punc- 

 tures closer and confluent ; fulvous green, shining, Avith a narrow 

 impressed Avhite line along the outer margin terminating in a 

 triangular spot at the apical sutural angle. 



Pygidium irregularly transversely strigose ; sparsely pubescent, 

 greenish black, Avith a large elongate oblique patch of Avhite on 

 each side. 



Beneath shining green, broadly Avhite at the sides; mesosternal 

 process long and curA'ed, apex obtuse, fulvous green ; abdomen 

 Avith large transverse patches at the sides, and a row of large 

 spots ill the central depression, Avhite ; legs pale fulvous, femora 

 fringed Avith golden hairs, and Avith a longitudinal Avhite stripe 

 on their outer side. 



The female is broader than the male, has the abdomen convex 

 in the centre, Avithout spots, and the anterinv liliin:' l^i-oader AA'ith 

 the three external teeth stronger. 



Livingstouia, Lake Nyassa. 



A very distinct and pretty species, most nearly allied to G. 

 trivittata, Swed. The only specimens I haA^e seen are the $ and 

 $ noAv before me, recently brought home by Mr. F. A. A. 

 Simons. 



Gnathocera villosa, n. sp. 



G. viridis, sub-nitida, fortiter punctata, pilosa ; thorace vitta 

 marginali alba ; elytris fulvo-viridis, linea marginali punctoque 

 suturali postice ochraceis. Long. 13i-15-i- mm. 



Head closely and coarsely punctured, the base sparingly 

 punctured, sides of clypeus sharply elevated, the apical points 

 someAvhat obtuse, anterior margin slightly elevated in the 

 middle ; shining green Avith long golden-broAvn pubescence, the 

 lateral excavations of the clypeus Avhite.' 



Thorax closely and coarsely punctured, basal margin tri- 

 sinuous, shalloAvly emarginate above the scutellum, posterior 

 angles strongly rounded ; shining green Avith long golden-broAvn 

 pubescence, a stripe on each side from the anterior angles to 

 about one-third from the base, Avhite. 



Scutcllvm broad, triangular, coarsely punctured and pubes- 

 cent, sides smooth : shining green. 



