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DESCRIPTION OF ONE SUPPOSED NEW 

 SPECIES OF CETONIA, from SYRIA. 



Cetonia DELAGRANGEI, N. Sp. 



C. delagrangei, supra vividi-aurata ; capite crebre punctu- 

 lato; thorace subtuliter punctulato ; scutello loevi ; elytris 

 fortiter punctatis ; infra metallicoviolacca; tibiis tarsisque, 

 violaceo tinctis ; antemns rufis. 



Length, \ to f of an inch. 



Habitat. — Akbes, Syria. 



Head and pygidium metallic-coppery, strongly punctured,, 

 thorax, scutellum and elytrae golden-green with coppery 

 reflections in certain lights, especially on the thorax and on 

 the margins of the elytrae, the thorax is very minutely 

 punctured all over, the scutellum quite smooth, the elytrae 

 strongly punctured all over with only a vestige of two white 

 lines on each elytrae, one external at about two-thirds of 

 its length, the other internal slightly lower ; undersurface 

 dark metallic violet, tibiae and tarsi of same colour, darker 

 on tarsi. I have some specimens with the thorax metallic 

 coppery and others entirely metallic coppery. 



This new species is closely allied to the well-known 

 Cetonia aurata, but is much smaller and much brighter in 

 colouration. The white markings of C. aurata, scarcely 

 exists at all in this species. Some specimens have no trace 

 whatever of them. It is a beautiful insect, finding its place 

 between C. aurata and C. afinis. 



I have much pleasure in dedicating this new species to its 

 discoverer, the well-known Syrian collector, Mr. Delagrange. 



I have also a fine series of what may be a variety of this 

 species, but in the doubt, I give the description below, and 

 propose the name of Cetonia syriaca for it, if it should prove 

 to be a distinct species. 



Head, thorax, scutellum and elytrae, brilliant metallic dark 

 green, with golden reflections in certain lights ; undersurface, 

 including pygidium, tibiae, and tarsi, dark bluish-purple. On 

 some specimens one small white mark is seen on the external 

 margin of the elytrae, on others none. 



Habitat. — Akbes, Syria. 



It is a beautiful insect. 



