194 Mr. 0. E. Janson on some Species of 



XXV. — On some Species of Cetonud'je from the Loo Choo 

 Islands. By OLIVER E. Janson, F.E.S. 



In the Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, for March 1887 Mr.^ George 

 Lewis has given a revision and list of the Cetoniidfe of Japan ; 

 but at that time very little was known of the insects of tlie 

 Loo Choo Islands, and no species is recorded by Mr. Lewis 

 from this locality. Recently my friend Mr. H. Pryer visited 

 these islands and made a small collection, and judging by 

 the Coleoptera received from him it would appear that the 

 insect-fauna is very closely related to that of Japan. Three 

 species of Cetoniidfe have been sent to me by Mr. Pryer ; of 

 these the two species of Cefonia are apparently undescribed, 

 they bear a marked resemblance one to the other in colour 

 and general aspect, but are not closely allied. 



1. Glyci/2)liana forticula^ Jans. 



Glycypliana forticula, Jansoii, Cist. Ent. ii. p. 603 (1881). 



I described this species from a single specimen received 

 from Japan without indication of the precise locality ; but it 

 probably came from the island of Kiuskin. ]\Ir. Pryer has 

 sent a second specimen from the Loo Choo Islands which 

 differs from the type in its rather smaller size and in the 

 absence of the small white discal spots on the thorax and 

 elytra and the four spots on the pygidium. 



2. Cetonia Leicisi^ n. sp. 



Viridis, nitida, tibiis tarsisque teneis vel cupreis ; elj'tris postice 

 sparsim albo-maculatis ; clypeo elongate, lateribus elevatia, apice 

 anguste reflexo, sinuato ; thorace margine postico ante sciitellum 

 fortiter emarginato ; scutello lato, apice rotundato ; processu 

 mesostcrni producto valde dilatato. 



Long. 26-30 mm. 



Var. elytris immaculatis. 



Shining green, slightly golden, tibias and tarsi brassy or 

 coppery, elytra in some specimens with sparse white spots 

 behind. Head rather coarsely punctured, slightly longitu- 

 dinally convex, the clypeus elevated at the sides, the apex 

 narrowly reflexed and slightly emarginate. Thorax very 

 finely and sparsely punctured on the disk, the sides more 

 coarsely punctured, slightly impressed on each side behind, 



