new or little hunvn Cetonilda}. 257 



black, an irregulai-, sluuoiis, transverse mark close to the apex 

 and some small obscure spots just before it reddish testaceous ; 

 the epimera black with a testaceous spot above. 



Pygidium strigose at the sides, the centre with coarse, shall(n\-, 

 semi-circular pimctures ; dull black with some small chalky- 

 white spots. 



Beneath and legs strigose and punctured, shining black, 

 sparsely pubescent ; mesosternal process prominent, short, the 

 apex obtiise ; abdomen with two rows of white spots on each 

 side, a transverse row of punctures on each segment ; anterior 

 tibia; with two long, curved and acute lateral teeth. 



Liviugstonia, Lake Nyassa. 



Allied to E. nigritula, Bohm. 



Mr. Simons found this species plentifully on ilowers. The 

 variety given above looks very different, but intermediate forms 

 occur in which the elytra are more or less variegated with 

 black, the white spots at the sides of the thorax are sometimes 

 absent. 



Anoplochilus indntus, n. sp. 



A. ovatus, convexus, rufo-brunneus, nitidus, viridi micans, 

 pilosus, confertim punctatus ; elytris 4-carinatis, macuHs 8-albis. 

 Long. 14 mm. 



Reddish-brown with a metallic green tint. 



Head very closely and finely punctured, a small round space 

 at the base smooth, rather densely covered with fine silvery 

 pubescence ; clypeus quadrate, the sides acutely elevated, ante- 

 rior margin straight and strongly turned up. 



Thorax very convex, widest just behind the middle, anterior 

 angles produced and acute, posterior angles strongly rounded, 

 the basal margin strongly emarginate above the scutellura, an 

 impressed median line on the anterior half, closely and finely 

 pimctured, with a very fine and rather dense silvery pubescence. 



Smitellum strongly depressed at the sides, sparsely but rather 

 coarsely punctured. 



Elytra convex, shghtly depressed round the scutellum, the 

 sides only slightly sinuous behind the shoulders, the suture and 

 four carina; on each lather strongly elevated, the second most 

 pronounced, the interstices with rows of coarse irregular con- 

 fluent punctures, the sides and apex coarsely and irregularly 



