of African, Asiatic and Australian Cetoniidce. 71 



Macronata fraterna, Westw. (PI. VII. fig. 5.) 



M. nigra, fulvo-vittata ; clypeo, antennis, palpis pedibiisque tes- 

 taceis, pronoto antice subrotundato, lateribus postice fere pa- 

 rallelis, medio disci postice paullo depresso. $ 



Long. Corp. I in. 7. 



Habitat in Insulis Piiillippinensibus. In Mus. Britann. 



Head strongly punctured, black, glossy. Ciypeus pale testa^ 

 ceous red, finely setose ; setee luteous, anterior angles rounded, 

 middle of fore margin emarginnte ; a rich velvety yellow striga 

 runs on each side nearly the whole length of the head, leaving the 

 black central portion narrow and slightly carinated, glossy and 

 impunctate. Anleiinse and palpi pale castaneous. Prothorax 

 about one-third wider than the head, the anterior portion rounded ; 

 the sides in the hinder half are nearly parallel, so that the greatest 

 width is across the middle ; the disc is opaque, being entirely 

 covered with minute punctures emitting fine black setae ; the mid- 

 dle of the hind margin is moderately prolonged behind, being 

 sinuated on each side, the sinuated portion being rather raised and 

 very glossy ; the middle of the disc is slightly depressed from the 

 middle to the hind margin ; down the middle of the pronotum ex- 

 tends a golden yellow opaque longitudinal stripe, rather widened 

 behind, and on each side is a curved stripe of similar width and 

 colour, nearly parallel with the lateral margins of the prothorax. 

 The scutellum is almost covered with a golden yellow patch 

 pointed behind. The elytra are depressed in the region of the 

 scutellum, and along the suture they are black, densely covered 

 with minute short impressed striolee emitting black setae, and each 

 is marked with a narrow golden yellow stripe extending from near 

 the apex of the scutellum, parallel with the suture, near to the 

 apex, where it is curved outwardly, following the outline of the 

 apex, but not extending to the outer margin. On each side of 

 the humeral callus is a short, slender, rather curved, golden yellow 

 stripe, and beyond this a golden yellow marginal spot. The podex 

 is black, opaque, finely setose, with a small circular golden spot. 

 The underside of the body is black and glossy ; the central part 

 of the body almost impunctate ; the sides more thickly punctured, 

 the abdominal portion with large punctures. The sides of the 

 prosternum, the anterior and posterior margins of the metasternum 

 on each side, a patch on the anterior margin of the posterior coxae, 

 and three fasciae on the abdomen, widely interrupted in the middle, 

 all golden yellow ; the legs are rich chesnut red. 



J'he remarkable similarity between this insect and M. regia, 



