. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Scarabaeidae. UXYTHYEDA. 175 Genus OXYTHYREA. Oxythyrea, Muls.,f Coleopt. de France, Lmnell. 1842, p. 572; Lacord., Gen. Col. iii, 1856, p. 531. Leucocelis, Bunn., Handb. Eat. iii, 1842, p. 421.—Type, Cetonia h(Bmorrhoidalis, F. (S. Africa). Type, Scarahceus sticticus, L. (Europe). Range. Europe, W. Asia aud Africa. Form rather elongate, smooth and shining above. Clypeus rather long, feebly emargiuate and reflexed at the apex. Pro- thorax rather narrow, with the base scarcely or not at all emarginate before the scutellum. Scutellum small and extremely acute, with c
. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Scarabaeidae. UXYTHYEDA. 175 Genus OXYTHYREA. Oxythyrea, Muls.,f Coleopt. de France, Lmnell. 1842, p. 572; Lacord., Gen. Col. iii, 1856, p. 531. Leucocelis, Bunn., Handb. Eat. iii, 1842, p. 421.—Type, Cetonia h(Bmorrhoidalis, F. (S. Africa). Type, Scarahceus sticticus, L. (Europe). Range. Europe, W. Asia aud Africa. Form rather elongate, smooth and shining above. Clypeus rather long, feebly emargiuate and reflexed at the apex. Pro- thorax rather narrow, with the base scarcely or not at all emarginate before the scutellum. Scutellum small and extremely acute, with concave sides. Elytra very strongly sinuated at the outer margins, with the sutural angles sharp but not produced. Legs rather long, with the front tibiae sharply toothed and the hind tibiae digitate at the end and moderately fringed at the inner edge. Mesosternal process broadly truncate and not produced. The great majority of the species are African and only a single (Palaearctic) form is known in our region. 152. Oxythyrea cinctella. Cetonia cinctella, Schaum, Analecta Entomolor/ica, 1841, p. 38. Cetonia variegata, G. S; P., Monoyr. Cet. 1833, p. 294, pi. 57, fig. 3. Shininc black, thinly clothed beneath with short yellowish hairs, and ornamented with opaque white markings consisting of a marginal band and a small basal spot on each side of the pronotum, numerous small elongate spots on the elytra, coalescing and becoming larger at the sides aud apices, and large patches on each side of the pygidium, sternum aud first four ventral segments. The shape is elongate and convex. The clypeus is rugosely punctured and feebly aud broadly emarginate in front. The prothoracc is much narrower than the elytra, i-ather evenly punctured, with the sides angulated before the p. ^j middle, not greatly narrowed in front Oxythyrea cinctella. and nearly parallel behind. _ The base is gently rounded and almost imperceptibly emarginate before the scutellum. The scutellum is very acutely pointed
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