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tween the second feet ; the axillary piece always shews itself 

 above, and occupies the void separating the posterior angles 

 of the corslet from the base of the elytra. The corslet 

 usually widens front to rear, and has the form of a triangle 

 truncated anteriorly, or at its point. In some, however, it is 

 almost orbicular, as C cruenta, Fab. ; C. vencosa, Schoenh, 

 &c. The chin is never transverse, its upper edge is more or 

 less emarginated at the middle. The terminal lobe of the 

 jaws is silky, or in the form of a pencil. The body is almost 

 ovoid and depressed.* 



This division comprehends the genus 



Cetonia of Fabricius, 



The species excepted which belong to the preceding sub- 

 genus, and to that of llutela. (Gener. Crust, et Insect.) 



Some have the corslet prolonged posteriorly in the form of 

 an angle, so that the scutellum disappears altogether. They 

 form the genus Gymnetis of Mr. W. Macleay, (Hor. Entomol. 

 I. Fart I. p. 152.) The new continent produces many spe- 

 cies of them. The island of Java and other eastern countries 

 of Asia present others, in which the corslet is equally elon- 

 gated, but in which the scutellum, though very small, is still 

 visible.-j- The chin is more deeply emarginated in the man- 

 ner of an angle, and the last articulation of the labial palpi is 

 proportionally longer. The hood is more or less bifid. Other 

 species of the East Indies or New Holland, in which this 



* M. Chevrolat, possessor of a very fine collection of Coleoptera, many 

 of which belonged to that of the late Olivier, has shewn me a species 

 found in the Island of Cuba, by M. Poe, having the appearance of Tri- 

 chius, but with the axillary pieces and sternal prolongation of cetonia. 

 Some species of this last genus (C cornuta. Fab.) have the corslet pro- 

 vided with a small horn, and at the first glance resemble Scarabsi. 



f C. chinensis, Fab. ejusd. ; C. regia ; the C. plana, impeiialis of 

 Schoenher. 



