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ground-colour; the other precisely similar in form, but with the reddish stripe and 

 thoracic margins less distinct and the underside reddish-castaneous, slightly cupreous. 



Var. 11. Gymnetis palliata, Gory & Perch. Monogr. Cetoin. p. 336, t. 67. fig. 2 l ; Cotinis sobrina, var. b, Burm. 

 Handb. der Ent. iii. p. 256 2 . Viridis, subtus resplendens, sicut in C. mutabili typica, sed elytrorum vitta 

 laterali, et interdura lateribus thoracis, obscure rufis ; minor, corpore graciliore cornuque clypeali brevi 

 triangularis variat corpore robustiore, cornu clypeali altiore, lateribus subparallelis, et vitta laterali 

 elytrorum obscura. 



Hob. Mexico * 2 , Ciudad in Durango (Forrer), Toltepec (Salle), Mexico city (Br. 

 Palmer), Jalapa, Almolonga, Matamoros Izucar in Puebla (Edge). 



The red lateral stripe of the elytra is sometimes very ill-defined from the green 

 ground-colour and in other examples reduced to a narrow border ; this form, in short, 

 graduates into the variety mexicana, 



Var. 12. Cotinis aurantiaca. Magis robusta et quadrata ( d 1 2 ), supra lsetius viridi vittaque laterali elytrorum 

 aurantiaca-flava et magis distincta (raro interrupta vel obsoleta) ; subtus viridi-metallica, ventre ssepe rufo ; 

 cornu clypeale breve triangulare, late triangulare et obtusum vel quadratum. Long. 21-30 millim. 3 $ . 

 (Tab. XXII. figg. 4, 4 a.) 



Hob. Mexico, Ciudad in Durango 8100 feet (Forrer), Alamos, Pinos Altos in 

 Chihuahua (Buehan-Hepbum), San Luis Potosi (Br. Palmer), Istepec (Salle). 



Has the facies of a distinct species and the sternal process is somewhat longer ; but 

 the form graduates into C. palliata. 



An example from Alamos is shown on our Plate. 



Var. 13. Gymnetis sobrina, Gory & Perch. Monogr. Cetoin. p. 336, t. 67. fig. 3 1 ; Cotinis sobrina, var. c, Burm. 

 Handb. der Ent. iii. p. 256 2 . Viridis, subtus viridi-aurata, thorace vel concolor vel lateribus irregulariter 

 fulvis, elytrorum vittis duabus latis obliquis ante apicem conjunctis fulvis. Quoad formam plerumque 

 ( c? 5 ) minor et gracilior, sed interdum ( £ ) lata et robusta ; cornu clypeale latius vel angustius triangulare, 

 raro elongatum et parallelogrammicum. 



Hal. Mexico 1 2 , Istepec, Guanajuato, Oaxaca (Salle), Matamoros Izucar in Puebla, 

 Almolonga (Hoge). 



Var. 14. Cotinis robusta. A eseteris varietatibus differt statura multo majore oblongior ; subtus viridi-metallica, 

 supra viridi- obscura, thorace lateribus elytrisque (plaga j uxtascutellari excepta) fulvis; eseteris sicut in 

 0. sobrina et C. malina. Long. 30 millim. 3 . 



Bab. Mexico, Sonora (coll. Bates). 



Var. 15. Cotinis obliqua (sobrina, var. d), Burm. Handb. der Ent. iii. p. 256 ' : G. malinus, 0. Janson, Cist. Ent. 

 ii. p. 575 2 . Viridis, subtus viridi- interdum aureo-viridi-metallica, thoracis vitta marginali (plerumque 

 quoque vitta dorsali vel macula postica) elytrisque toto (vitta vel plaga magna basali et suturali excepta) 

 ochreo-fulvis ; cornu clypeale variabile, parvum triangulare vel major, truncatum vel alte quadratum, 

 venter interdum rufescens. (Tab. XXII. figg. 12, 12 a.) 



Hab. Mexico x 2 , Parras and Saltillo in Coahuila, San Luis Potosi (Br. Palmer), 

 Ventanas in Durango (Hoge), Guanajuato (Salle), Mexico city (H. H. Smith, Br. 

 Palmer). 



Passes by insensible gradations into C. sobrina and exhibits the same great diversity 



