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the base produced and deeply emavginate before the scutellum, 

 the lateral angles rounded. Scuteiluui finely punctured at 

 the base, broad and rounded at the apex. Elytra very 

 sparsely punctured on the disk before the middle, behind the 

 middle and the sides with irregular rows of semicircular 

 punctures, which become closer and more confused towards 

 the apex. Pygidium coarsely and sparsely punctured, strongly 

 convex towards the apex, a small deep fovea near the lateral 

 angles. Beneath coarsely strigose at the sides, the abdomen 

 coarsely punctured at the sides and apex ; mesosternal process 

 large, strongly dilated, and rounded in front. Legs coarsely 

 punctured and strigose ; femora and tibioe fringed with pale 

 golden-brown hairs, outer apical spur of the posterior tibice 

 distinctly bisinuate. The female is larger than the male, 

 more strongly punctured, with the pygidium less convex and 

 broadly impressed on each side ; the legs are stouter and the 

 spurs of the posterior tibias are broader and scarcely sinuate. 



Loo Choo Islands (//. Pnjer). 



Tins fine species differs from C. Confaciusana, Thoms., in 

 having a more elongate clypeus, with the lateral margins 

 strongly elevated and the apex more narrowly reflexed, the 

 thorax more deeply emarginate at the base, the scutellum 

 broader at the apex, the pygidium with a fovea at the sides, 

 the punctuation of the upperside more sparse, the meso- 

 sternal process much more produced and dilated, and the 

 spurs of the posterior tibise distinctly bisinuate. 



3. Cetonia Pryeri^ n. sp. 



Viridi-a;nea, nitida, tibiis tarsisque ajneis vel cupreis ; clypeo lateri- 

 bus valde elevatis, apice retlexo, emarginato ; thorace angusto, 

 margine postico ante scuteUum levitcr emarginato ; scutello apice 

 obtuse ; processu mesosterui dilatato, antice rotundato. 



Long. 23-26 mm. 



Shining brassy green, tibiae and tarsi brassy or coppery ; 

 some specimens with minute white spots near the outer mar- 

 gin and suture of the elytra, on the pygidium, and at the 

 sides of the abdomen. Head coarsely punctured ; clypeus 

 convex in the centre, the sides thickened and strongly raised, 

 the apex broadly reflexed and emarginate. Thorax much 

 narrower than the elytra at the base, a little produced behind, 

 and slightly emarginate before the scutellum, coarsely punc- 

 tured at the sides, more tinely punctured on the disk, the 

 median line impunctate except at the apex, a slight impres- 

 sion on each side at the base. Scutellum narrowed and obtuse 

 at the apex, a few punctures at the base. Elytra coarsely 



