DescrijJtions of ncvj Species of Australian Cetoniida} : hy 

 Oliver E. Janson. 



Hemiplmris castanea, n. sp. 



Castanea, pamm nitida, capite scutelloque nigris, clypeo 

 profunde emarginato, marginibiis elevatis, tliorace siibtiliter 

 punctato, pygidio acuminato. Long. 14-16 lin., lat. 7-8 lin. 



var. : corpore toto castaneo. 



Eeddish-brown, head and scutellum black, the former 

 punctate ; clypeus deeply emarginate, its margins elevated. 



Thorax finely piinctate, the punctures coarser towards 

 the margins, a small obscure spot on each side, the base 

 narrowly edged with black, strongly bisinuate. 



Scutellum sparsely punctate. 



Elytra somewhat coarsely punctate, the punctures ar- 

 ranged irregularly in rows ; apex strigose, suture depressed 

 behind the scutellum, but raised posteriorly, a pitchy spot 

 on the shoulder. 



Pygiclium acuminate, transversely strigose. 



Beneath pitchy red, penultimate segment of abdomen 

 with a row of shallow punctures ; apex of mesosternum 

 produced, narrow and flat. 



Legs reddish ; knees and tarsi piceous, anterior tibiae 

 with two sharp teeth on the outer edge, the spines at the 

 apices of all the tibi?e long and sharp. 



The female differs from the male in having a much 

 broader form, the elytra more finely punctured, and in the 

 penultimate segment of the abdomen having a number of 

 shallow punctures, from each of which issues a short hair, 

 the other segments have a single row of similar punctures. 

 The anterior tibiae are as in the male, but the intermediate 

 and posterior tibiae are acutely dentate. 



N. Wi A^istralia (Nicol Bay). S, Coll. Sharp ; ?, Coll. 

 B.M., Janson. 



