CETONIA CAPENSIS. 



Plate XXXIII. fig. 3. 



Order ; Coleoptera. Section ; Lamellicornes. Family : Cetoniidse. 



Genus. Cetonia, Fabricius. ScarabiEus, Lirm. 



Cetonia Capensis. Rufa hirta, punctis albis adspersa. (Long. Corp. 10 lin.) 



Sys. Scarabffius Capensis, iJ/iH. Syst.Nat.i. ll.p.556. 73. Fab?\ Syst. Eleuth. U.p. 144. 48. OUmer Ent. 

 16. p. 27. 28. t. C. 38. a b. Hei-bst. Col. 111. tab. 29./. 12. Schonh. Syn. //ii. 111. 127. 71. 

 Scarabseus albo punctatus, De Geer Ins. vii. p. 040. 40. t. 48./. 2. 



Habitat: Cape of Good Hope. 



Head margined, black, and nearly quadrangular. Antennae black. Thorax margined, and of a 

 dark chocolate colour ; which, with the elytra and scutellum, are hairy, and embellished with a great 

 number of white spots. The latter is black and shining. Elytra fine chocolate-coloured, and faintly 

 margined (the suture being black), not covering the anus. The under part of the insect is covered 

 with pale clay-coloured hairs ; but on the fore femora, and next the head, the hairs are browner. 



CETONIA FASTUOSA. 



Plate XXXIII. fig. 4. 



Order : Coleoptera. Section : Lamellicornes. Family : Cetoniidse. 



Genus. Cetonia, Fabrhdus. Scarabams, Linn. 



Cetonia Fastuosa. JJnea nitidissima, immaculata. (Long. Corp. 1 une.) 



Syn. Cetonia Fastuosa Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. 11. p. 137. 10. Panzer Faun. Iiu. Germ. xii. 16. 

 Cetonia Aurata var. Olivier Icon. 6. tab. 1. 1./. 1./. 

 Scarabteus Eeruginosus, 7)?'Mr;/,p. 72. (Exclus. iS;/n. Xw(n.) 



Habitat : Smyrna (Dr^ury). South of Europe (Fabi'icius). 



Entirely shining golden green-coloured, except the antenna?, which are blackish. Head margined, 

 small, and quadrangular. Thorax smooth and margined. Scutellum triangular. The elytra margined, 

 having two little swellings near' the extremities, and not extending beyond the anus. The breast and 

 abdomen are smooth. Mesosternum extending beyond the middle thighs. Tibiae armed with spines 

 at the tips, and the fore ones deeply dentated. 



GYMNETIS NITIDA et var. 



Plate XXXIII. fig. 5. 6. 



Order ; Coleoptera. Section : Lamellicornes. Family : Cetoniidae. 



Genus. Gymnetis, Mac Leay. {Horee Ent. 1. ]>. 1. p. 152.) Scarabaeus, Linn. 



Gymnetis Nitida. Glabra viridis, thoracis et elytrorum marginibus testaceis, tibiis haud dentatis, capite fpina 

 recumbente. (Long. Corp. fere 10 lin.) 



Syn. Gymnetis Nitida, Mac Leay Horee Ent. 



Cetonia Nitida, Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. U.p. 139.24. Olirier Ent. 1. 6. p. 18. 14. t. 3./. 16. i^- tab. 7. 



/. 56. a, b, c. 

 Scarabaius N. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 11. p. 552. No. 51 . De Geer, vol. 14. f. 19./. 8, 9. 



Habitat : Antigua, St. Christopher's, Jamaica, Maryland, New York, Virginia, &c. (Drury). 



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