NATURAL HISTORY OF 



CETONIA DISCOIDEA. 

 PLATE XVII. FIG. 3. 



Cetonia velutina, Olivier, ii. pi. 12, fig. 114. 



The length of this species is between seven and 

 eight lines. The head, thorax, and scutellum are 

 velvet black, and unspotted. The elytra are like- 

 wise velvet black, with the whole of the base red, 

 except the region of the scutellum ; the outer mar- 

 gin is of the latter colour from the shoulder to a 

 little beyond the middle, where there is a broad 

 band of red interrupted at the suture. The under 

 parts and legs are shining black. It is found at the 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



CETONIA AUSTRALASIA. 



PLATE XVII. FIG. 4. 

 Schyzorhina Australasia, Kirby Dejean's Catal. 



This curiously marked species is a native of New 

 Holland. The surface is depressed, and remark- 

 ably smooth and glossy. The anterior part of the 

 head is yellow, with two small spots of black. The 

 head from before the eyes, and the thorax, are 

 black ; the latter having a stripe of yellow running 

 along the sides and front, a line of the same down 

 the middle, and an arched stripe across the base, 



