Reprinted from "The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine," 2nd Series. Vol. xxi. 

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NOTES ON CETONIA AURATA, L. AND C. FLORICOLA, Bbbbst. 



13 T A. H. HAMM. 

 C. AURATA, L. 



During a brief visit to the New Fores! in August, L908, mj son 

 ami I ram.' across some fairly large Lamellicom Larvae. They were 

 feeding upon the fragments of damp dead wood, al the foot of what 

 had once been a very fine beech, now, alas! reduced to a mere stump. 



situated at the far end 

 of Queen's Bower, near 

 Brockenhurst. A few 



of the large8l were 



placed in a tin bos with 

 a sufficient supply of t be 

 dead wood to enable 1 bem 

 to arrive al maturity. 

 Upon reaching borne 

 several of the smaller 

 individuals were put 

 into spirit, but five ex- 

 amples of the same size 

 and apparent age wore 

 kepi alive for future 

 stii'U . 'I'ho larva' con- 

 tinued feeding until 

 quite late into the 

 autumn. They then 

 buried themselves in the 

 accumulation of i'ras> 

 ami bibernated until the following spring. Towards the end of March 

 thej again commenced 1 1 i 1 1 -_r and continued to do bo without inter- 

 mission until mid- June, when four oi them built from their excreta, Ac., 



oval cocoons about the size of ag l-sized hazel-nut. OnAugusI L9th 



tli" first emerged, another on the 23rd, and the remaining two on the 

 25th. By ihi> last date four out of the five larva' had produced perfect 

 specimens of Cetonia aurata. The remaining larva continued feeding 

 until some time in < tatober, and finally hibernated as before. The four 

 imagines, after emergence, were loft in the tin box with the remaining 

 larva. These al the beginning of September buried themselves at the 

 li.ittMiH.it' the box and remained perfectly motionless, with ail their 

 limbs tightly adpressed t.> the body, until the beginning .>t' April. 



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