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Art. XXXIX. — Entomological Notes. By Edward Newman. 

 (Coutinued from p. 1 12). 



Class. — COLEOPTERA. 



Natural Order. — Cetoniites. 

 Genus. — Cetonia, Fahricius. 



Ceto. gemella. Rubro-picea, utriusque elytri macula subsuturali, 

 ante medium sita, difformi, albida seu pallide subaurea. (Coip. 

 long. "9 — 1"3 unc.j lat. '55 — 'Q unc.) 



Inhabits the Philippine Islands. There are specimens captured by 

 Mr. Cuming in the cabinet of the British Museum. The colour is a 

 rich velvety red-brown : on each elytron, rather before the middle and 

 very near the suture, is a large whitish spot, which when the insect is 

 held in a certain position, has a slightly golden appearance : these spots 

 are in the velvety clothing of the elytron only, and may consequently 

 be obliterated by friction : many specimens have other smaller and 

 similarly coloured spots, particularly on the elytra, near their external 

 posterior angle : the sternum is covered with a grey pubescence, and 

 the under surface of each abdominal segment has a double row of 

 oblong spots on each side, of the same colour ; these, however, are 

 very inconstant : in some specimens the podex is also variegated : 

 the anal angle of each elytron, in the male, is produced into a very 

 acute spine. 



Ceto. syharitica. Ferrugineo-fiisca, maculis nonnullis parvis sub- 

 aureis omata. (Corp. long. '8 unc, lat. '5 unc.) 



Inhabits the Philippine Islands. There are specimens captured by 

 Mr. Cuming in the cabinet of the British Museum. The colour is a 

 rich velvety ferruginous-brown, with darker patches and shades, 

 particularly two conspicuous, somewhat lunulate markings, on the 

 prothorax : the insect is adorned with various bright and almost 

 golden spots of velvety pubescence ; these are so inconstant in site, 

 size, and figure, that it is almost impossible to describe them : two of 

 them, small and round, generally occupy a prominent station near the 

 centre of the prothorax : there is one on each elytron near the sutiue, 

 at about two-thirds of its length, and another on the lateral margin of 

 each elytron at about half its length : the podex has four or six of 



