new or little known Cetoniidie. 255 



Elytra widest beliiud the middle, the suture and two feebly 

 raised narrow longitudinal carinas on each smooth, the outer 

 one rather indistinct, the interstices very closely and coarsely 

 punctured, especially at the sides and apex ; greenish fulvous, 

 pubescent and shining, a small round spot between the suture 

 and inner carina about one-third from the apex and a broad 

 marginal stripe, slightly turned iuAvards at the apex, ochreous 

 white. 



Pygidium finely irregularly strigose ; dark green with nn 

 ovate ochreous- white sjiot on each side. 



Beneath shining green, pubescent, with large patches of white 

 at the sides ; mesosternal process short, apex obtuse and glabrous ; 

 abdomen with large transverse white stripes at the sides and a 

 row of large quadrate spots in the central depression ; legs 

 coarsely punctured, pubescent, shining green, anterior and inter- 

 mediate femora narrowly edged with white, posterior femora 

 white on their outer sides except at the base and apex. 



Angola. 



AlHed to G. Jiirta, Burm., l)Ut very distinct; a female specimen 

 I liave before me has the i)ul)escence very short and sparse. 



The following tabulation oi all the species of the genus 

 Gnatliocera will assist in their determination. 



]. Mesosternal process long and ciu'ved. apex more or 

 less bent inwards. 

 A. Upper side shining. 



a. Anterior margin of clypeus with an acute point in 

 the centre, legs black. 



* Thorax and underside without markings - - - Af:rli/. 

 ** Thorax and underside with white markings. 



t Thorax with a central impressed white stripe ehitn. 

 ft Thorax without a central stripe ----- (i/>;/(iJi-n.'<!s. 

 h. Anterior margin of clyjieus without a central 

 point, legs red. 



* Elytra fulvous without markings. 



f Thorax fulvous, with a fine white interi-upted 



central line rnfiprx. 



ff Thorax green on the disc, central line la-oad 

 and entire. 



+ White marginal lines of thorax interrupted, 

 scutellum green with a white central 



line - - - - - - hiridi. 



XX White marginal lines of thorax entire, 



scutellum fulvous without a central line - (jnifi'is. 

 ** Elytra with whitf marginal markings. 



