Cetonia Curtisii, flammca. 2S7 



Subreg. Annulosa. 



Classis. Mandibulata. MacL. 



Ordo. CoLEOPTERA. Linn. 



Trib. Lamellicornes. Lat. 



Stirps. Petalocera Thalerophaoa. MacL. 



Fam. Cetonia n^. MacL. 



Genus. Cetonia. Fab. 



CuRTisii. C. atra^ thorace vitia later alt albida^ scapulis eli/" 

 trisque rufis^ his macula basalt fasciaque apicali irregularis 



bus nigris. 



Tab. IX. f. 1. 



Clypeus^ thorax pedesque punctis impressi; Abdominis seg- 

 menta punctis lineatim dispositis innpressa. Pectus, corpus supra, 

 pedesque ferrugineo-pilosi. Eljjtra longitudinaliter obsoletissime 

 sulcata, sulcis prope basin punctis impressis. 

 Long. Corp. 1^. Lat. ^?^. 



Habitat in Africa Meridionali. 



In Mus. Dom. Curtis, Bennett, nost. 



Domino Joanni Curtis, Societatis Linneanae Socio, Insularum 

 Britannicarum Entomologiaj assiduo indagatori, eximioque 

 illustrator!, banc speciem, quam, inter plures alias Africae 

 meridionali proprias, liberalitati ejus debeo, grato animo 

 dedicavi. 

 This insect accords Terj closely with Olivier's description of 

 C. equinoctialisy which is a Senegal species : but it differs from it 

 in having no white point near the apex of the elytra, a distin- 

 guishing character in the latter insect. 



Flammea. C atra, scapulis ely trisque flammeo-rubris, hisfascid 

 apicali nigra, fasciisque humerali medidque interruptis nigrc 

 brunneis. 



Tab. IX. f. 2. 



Thorax, pectus, clypeus, pedesqae punctis impressi. Abdo' 

 minis segmenta punctis lineatim dispositis impressa. Pedes ferru- 

 gineo-pilosi. Elytra prope suturam sulcis tribus longitudinalibus 

 instructa. 



