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of the genus Scarabaeus in the Linna?an arrangement ; Cetonia of 

 Fabricius. We are totally unacquainted with its hiftory, and, be- 

 lieving it to be unnoticed by any former writer, have named it after 

 its former poffeffor, S. Greenii. 



It fhould be particularly obferved, that this infect approaches very 

 clofely to the Cetonia Variegata of Olivier and Fabricius, which is a 

 native of Tranquebar. We mall not prefiune to fay, that it may not 

 be a variety of that variable fpecies ; but we certainly think it is not, 

 if the general description the works of Olivier afford us be correct. 

 The upper furface of our infect nearly correfponds with his figure 

 and description ; the principal difference confifts in the number and 

 difpofition of the white fpots on the lower furface of the abdomen, 

 and thofe are ftrikingly diffimilar. Olivier defcribes his fpecies as 

 having two rows or lines of white dots on each fide, while in our 

 infect there is only one on each fide ; and the fmgle row of white 

 dots down the center in our infect does not agree exactly with 

 Cetonia Variegata. We have previoufly ftated, that the upper furface 

 of the two infects are fimilar, but we mould further add, that they 

 are not perfectly fo, as Olivier's infect has the pofterior border of the 

 thorax white; and in our infect, that part differs in no refpect from 

 the reft of the thorax in point of colour, except the fpots, which are 

 white and impreffed. — Our fynonyms refer to the figure of an Eu- 

 ropean fpecies of Scarabaeus in the works of Schaeffer, that feems to 

 bear a general refemblance to our infect ; yet we mull confefs, we 

 can only entertain a very remote idea of its being intended for our 

 infect ; the indifference of the figure precludes the poflibility of de- 

 termining this circumftance with accuracy : it is about the fame fize, 

 of a blackifh colour and fpotted with white ; but there is alfo an 

 appearance in the figure of the infect; being hairy, and if that be 

 correct, it cannot be the fame as our infect. 



The fmalleft figure denotes the natural fize of this infect. The 

 two other figures reprefent the upper and lower furfaccs of the infect 

 magnified. 



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