new or little known Cetoniidse. 303 



resembles Reichei, Thorns., but the form of the mesosternal 

 process will at once separate it from that species. 



I have named this species after Mr. James Thomson who has 

 recently established the genns Desicasta for the reception of 

 the American species which were formerly included in the 

 African genus Stethodesma. 



EitpJioria Steinheili, n. sp. 



E. nigro-picea, purpureo tincta, supra opaca, elytris obscure 

 purpureis, sparse albo signatis ; subtus nitida, flavo pilosa, 

 Long. 15-17, lat. 7^-81 mm. 



Var. nigro-olivacea. 



Head Avith a slight longitudinal impression on each side, and 

 a feeble transverse ridge at the base of the clypeus, very closely 

 and coarsely punctured, the punctures confluent at the base, 

 apex of the clypeus strongly elevated, rounded and very slightly 

 notched in the centre ; shining black ; antennjc pitchy black, the 

 lamellte rather large and red at the apex. 



Thorax regularly rounded at the sides, the base somewhat 

 produced and emarginate above the scutellum, rather finely and 

 sparsely punctured, the punctures coarser at the sides and 

 furnished with fine seta3 ; dull purple brown. 



Scutellum impiinctate, apex acute, dull purple-brown. 



Elytra with two slightly elevated smooth longitudinal carina?, 

 united at the apical callosity, the disc with several rows of 

 irregular shallow semicircidar impressions, the sides sparsely 

 punctured and strigose towards the apex, the suture elevated 

 posteriorly, the apical angles acute and slightly prominent ; dull 

 purple red with small Avhite spots near the siiture about one 

 fourth from the apex, at the sides and near the apical angles ; 

 epimera shining brown, strigose and pubescent above. 



Pyrjidium finely strigose, shining red-brown, with sparse grey 

 seta?. 



Beneath purple Ijrown, shining, strigose and with pale yellow 

 pubescence; mesosternal process dilated and rounded at the apex ; 

 abdomen coarsely pimctured and with three large fovea? on each 

 side, the centre deeply impressed ; legs dark brown, shining, 

 coarsely strigose and sparsely pubescent, tarsi black, anterior 

 tibia? with three strong lateral teeth. 



Panama. 



Allied to E. Lesueuri, G. P. A second specimen that I have 

 is olivaceous black, the elytra being reddish towards the margins 



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