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DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW CETONII) BEETLES 

 FROM BRITISH EAST AFRICA. 



By E. a. Hemh, M.D., F.L.S. 



6==?K. 



Fig. 1. 



Fig. 2. 



CcELORRHINA CORNUTA, Sp. n. (fig. 2). 



Head and frontal horn red. Pronotum and scutellum shining 

 brown-green, iridescent ; lateral and anterior margins of pronotum, 

 lateral, posterior, and sutural margins of elytra raised, piceous. The 

 head is anteriorly prolonged into an oblong channel-like process, with 

 a lateral tooth on each side, and a terminal bilobed ear-shaped process 

 turned upward. Length of head and horn, 4| lines. At the base of 

 the head are two lateral, curved horns, pointing forward and down- 

 wards, 2| lines in length. The elytra are shining, pale yellowish 

 brown ; at the base and apex of each elytron near external margin is a 

 dark brown spot. Elytra, scutellum, and thorax finely punctured. 

 Body beneath dark olivaceous green, somewhat coarsely punctured. 

 Abdomen with an obscure central longitudinal reddish-brown fascia. 

 Legs reddish brown ; apices of femora and the tarsi black ; a thick 

 fringe of light brown hair on the under side of front femora, a fringe 

 of light brown hair on the posterior tibiae, and on the yellowish 

 pygidium. Long. 16 lines ; max. lat. 7 lines. 



Hab. Uganda, British East Africa. 



