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119. ProtsBtia orientalis. 



Cetonia orientalis, G. S; P., Jlonoffr. Cet. 1833, p. 193, pi. 34, fig. 6 ; 



Blanch., Cat. Col. Mas. Paris, 1850, p. o, note. 

 Cetonia serata, JSnchs.,Nov. Act. Acad. Leop. 1834, xvi, Suppl.Tp, 240. 

 Cetonia speculifera, Schaiim (nee Swartz), Ann. Soc. Eat. France, 



1849, p. i>77. 



Metallic green, golden-green, coppery or coppery-purple above 

 and beneath, with a very narrow white marginal line on each side 

 of the prouotum and small scattered white markings, consisting o£ 

 from four to seven small spots on each side of the pronotum, 

 numerous indefinite spots near the lateral margins of the elytra, 

 transverse median, postmedian and apical bars on each elytron, 

 three spots (sometimes coalescing) on each side of the pygidium, 

 numerous spots at the sides of the sternum, and transverse bars 

 at the sides of the ventral segments. 



The body is rather stout, little depressed above and rather 

 strongly sculptured, with only a very scanty clothing of minute 

 setae at the sides beneath and at the apices of the elytra and 

 pygidium. The head is coarsely and closely punctured and the 

 chjpeus quadrate, with the front margin stx'ongly elevated and 

 distinctly bilobed. The pronotum is coarsely but not closely 

 punctured, except near the sides, strongly narrowed in front, 

 scarcely angulated at the sides, with the hind augles moderately 

 prominent and the base strongly excised in the middle. The 

 elytra are irregularly sculptured with large transverse punctures 

 or impressions, their lateral margins are moderately sinuated and 

 the apical augles acute but not spinose. The pygidium, sides of 

 the metasternum, hind coxce, and lateral margins of the ventral 

 segments are rugose, and the middle of the metasternum and 

 abdomen are smooth. The sternal process is transversely oval. 

 The legs are moderately short and stout and the hind tibia has a 

 close but short fringe of yellow hairs. 



The front tibia is armed in the $ with three short but sharp 

 teeth, but in the 6 the uppermost tooth is very small or quite 

 absent and the hind tarsi are perceptibly longer than in the $ . 



Length 19-26 mm. ; breadth 10"5-15 mm. 



Kashmir {teste Blanchard) ; Himalayas {teste Gory & Perch.) ; 

 China ; Fokmosa ; Japan. 



120. Protaetia aurichalcea. (Plate I, fig. 7.) 



Cetonia aurichalcea, F., Syst. Ent. 1 77.3, p. 49 : Oliv. Ent. i, 6, 



1789, p. 42, pi. 9, fig. 78. 

 Cetonia maculata, F.*, Spec. Lis. i, 1781, p. 58 ; G. 8f P., Monogr. 



Cet. 1833, p. 199, pi. 36, lig. 1 ; Bnrni., Handb. Ent. iii, 1842, 



p. 476. 



Deep bronze and very shining above and beneath, with opaque 

 white markings, consisting of a large irregular patcli on each side 

 of the pronotum, each generally enclosing a small bare spot, a 



