] 70 LAMELLICORNES. CETOWIADiE. 



bluish scales; elytra dull rusty-red, or chestnut: $ w ' 1 ^ tnc base °f tne 

 antenna?, palpi, elytra, and legs red. (L. 4-4^ 1.) Local; hedges, &c. : 

 Highgate ; Epping ; Newmarket ; Nottingham, &c. : 5-6. 

 1351 graminicola Fab. E. ii. 175. — Pz. F. xxviii. f. 19. — Black, with 

 scattered greenish scales above, beneath more densely clothed with silvery- 

 green ones : elytra flattish, with obscure rudiments of stria? ; legs pitchy- 

 black ; antenna? pitchy, with club black. (L. 4 1.) London district: 6. 



Fam. 34. CETONIAD^ MacLeay. 



ccxlix. Trichius Body densely tomentose : metasternum not produced : ab- 

 domen entire at the apex : anter. tibice 2-toothed. 



ccl. Aleurostictus Body glabrous : metasternum not produced : abdomen 

 with a notch at the apex : anter. tibice 2-toothed ; interm. curved in 

 the S. 



(ccli. Valgus Body scaly : metasternum not produced : tJw. with 2 longitu- 

 dinal ridges: anter. tibice 5-toothed: abdomen in ^ terminating in a slender 

 point. ) 



eclii. Cetonia Body flat, nearly glabrous : metasternum porrected : scutel. 

 very large : epimera also large and conspicuous : elytra sinuated on the 

 sides. 



249 Trichius Fabricius. 



1352 fasciatus L. ii. 556. — Don. iv. 140. — Ste. M. iii. 230. — Black: 

 head and thorax densely clothed with erect tawny hairs: elytra glabrous, 

 deep satiny black, with a yellow band united (in general) at the suture ; 

 abdomen Avith the tip above densely pilose, beneath pubescent. (L. 7-8 

 1.) Flowers: Swansea; Exeter; Aberdeen; Loch-rannoch : 6-7. 



250 Aleurostictus Kirby. 



1353 variabilis L. ii. 558. — Cur. vi. pi. 286. — Ste. M. iii. 230. —Black, 

 slightly shining ; roughly punctured : thorax often with a white dot on 

 the hinder angles ; elytra with 5 or 6 white or ochreous spots ; $ with a 

 yellowish spot on the side of each abdominal segment. (L. 9-10 1.) 

 Rotten oaks : Windsor Forest : 6-7. 



1354 nobilis L. ii. 558 Don. v. pi. 154. f. 1, 2, 3. — Ste. M. iii. 231. — 



Shining green or coppery gold-colour ; beneath coppery : thorax roughly 

 punctured, with a dorsal furrow and a whitish dot at each hinder angle ; 

 elytra transversely rugged, with several white spots ; abdomen spotted 

 with white on the sides and apex ; breast clothed with reddish hairs. (L. 

 8-101.) Rotten fruit-trees, flowers, &c. : London district; Carlisle; 

 Devonshire, &c. : 6-7. 



251 Valgus Scriba. 



( 1355i hemipterus L. ii. 555. — Herbst. iii. pi. 27. f. 13, 14. — Ste. M. iii. 

 232. — Black, varied with black and white scales, slightly rugose-punc- 

 tate : thorax and elytra spotted with white, the latter with 4 waved stria?; 

 abdomen beneath and at the tip above clothed with white scales, the latter 

 with 2 black spots. (L. 3-4 1.) London district : ? 6. ?) 



252 Cetonia Fabricius. 



1356 aurata L. ii. 557. — Mill. 150. pi. 2. f. 3. — Ste. M. iii. 233.— 

 Shining golden-green, or deep black ; beneath bright copper ; head and 

 thorax punctured ; scutellum smooth ; elytra irregularly punctured, the 

 suture and 3 lines faintly elevated, the apical portion with several waved 

 whitish scales and spots ; sternum with its tip somewhat globose. (L. 





