COLEOPTERA. 



COPRIS BUCEPHALUS. 



Plate 2. fig. 3. 



Genus. Copris, Geoffroy. Scarabeeus p. Linn. ^c. 



Ch. Sp. C. thorace retuso quadridentato, capitis clypeo angulato, cornu $ brevi erecto baud 

 emarginato, 2 breviori truncate subemarginato. Long. Corp. unc. 1, lin. 8. 

 C. with the thorax retuse in front and 4-toothed, clypeus angulated, tlie male with a 

 short erect horn not notched at the tip, the female with a much shorter and 

 truncated horn. Length ]| inch. 



Syx. Scarabaeus Bucephalus, Fabricius Ent. Sijst. \. p. 51. 166. Herbst. Cul. H. j). 174. 



t. 13./. 1. 2. Oliv. L 3. 99. t. 4./. 26. t. 10./. 92. t. 22./. 92. $ 



This species has been confounded with C. Molossus. Both species are here repre- 

 sented on the same plate, in order that the difference between them may be precisely 

 observed. 



CETONIA (TETRAGONA) CHINENSIS. 



Plate 3. fig. 1 and 1^. 



Family. Cetoniid/E. 



Genus. Cetonia, Fabricius. Scarabaeus p. Linnaeus, Donovan. 



Sub-Gen. Tetragona, Gory. 



Ch. Sp. C. viridi-aenea, clypeo emarginato, thorace postic^ lobato, elytris acuminatis, corporc 



subtus pedibusque subspinosis, castaneis, tarsis nigris. Long. Corp. unc. 1 , lin. 6. 



C. brassy green, clypeus notched and slightly spined, thorax lobed behind, elytra 



acuminated, body beneath, with the legs, chestnut-coloured, tarsi black. Length 



1 1 inch. 



Syn. Scarabaeus Chinensis, Forster Cent. Ins. \. p. 2. 2. 



Cetonia Chinensis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 1. II. p. 126. b. Oliv. Ent. I. 6. p. ]\. t. 2. 



/. 5. a. b. Herbst. Col. III. p. 199. 2. t. 28./. 2. 

 Scarabaeus oblongus. Brown Illustr. t. 49. /. 4. 

 Smaragdinus major, Voet. Col. t. 5. /. 40. 



