Cetonia Curlisii^Jlammea. 237 



Subreg. Annulosa. 



Classis. Mandibulata. MacL. 



Ordo. CoLEOPTEiiA. Linn. 



Trib. Lamellicornes. Lat. 



Stirps. Petalocera Thalerophaga. MacL. 



Fam. Cetoniap^. MacL. 



Genus. Cetonia. Fab. 



CuRTisii. C. atra, thorace vitta laterali albida^ scapulis ely- 



trisque rujts, his macula basalt fasciaque apicali irregularis 



bus nign's. 



Tab. IX. f. 1. 



Clypeus.) thorax pedesque punctis impressi ; Abdominis seg- 

 menta punctis lineatim dispositis impressa. Pectus^ corpus supra, 

 pedesque ferrugineo-pilosi. Elytra longitudinaliter obsoletissime 

 sulcata, sulcis prope basin punctis impressis. 



Long. Corp. i^. Lat. -,V 



Habitat in Africac Meridional!. 



In Mus. Dom. Curtis, Bennett, nost. 



Domino Joanni Curtis, Societatis Linneanae Socio, Insularum 

 Britannicarum Entomologia; assiduo indagatori, eximioque 

 illustratori, banc speciem, quam, inter plures alias Africae 

 meridionali proprias, liberalitati ejus debeo, grato animo 

 dedicavi. 



This insect accords \erj closely with Olivier's description of 

 C. equinoctialis, which is a Senegal species : but it differs from it 

 in having no white point near the apex of the elytra, a distin- 

 guishing character in the latter insect. 



Fi-AMMEA. C. atra, scapulis ely trisque Jiammeo-rubris, his fascia 

 apicali nigra, fasciisque humerali medidque interruptis nigro- 

 brunneis. 



Tab. IX. f. 2. 

 Thorax, pectus, clypeus, pedesque punctis impressi. Abdo^ 

 minis segmenta punctis lineatim dispositis impressa. Pedes ferru- 

 gineo-pilosi. Elytra prope suturam sulcis tribus loagitudinalibus 

 instructa. 



