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ON THE CETONIID^ OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



alibus minoribus albis. Corpus infra nigrum hirsutie flava opertum. Abdomen vitta 

 mediali ruf^. Pedes nigri. 



Long. 9 lines. 



Sp. 31. (Cetoninus) Cetonia oculata, n.s. 

 Descr. Cetonia rufa capite, scntello, scapulis, thoracis albopimctati maculis duabus, elytrorumque 

 sutur^ nigris, corpore infra hirsuto, abdominis rufi maculis lateralibus pedibusque nigris. 



Long. 9 lines. 



Note. This may possibly be the Cetonia Bmuperi of Dejean's Catalogue. It comes very near to the 

 preceding species C. hirsuta^ and may possibly even be only a variety of it. The place of both is 

 between C, capensis and C. signata^ Fab. 



Sp. 32. (Cetoninus) Cetonia signata, Fah. 



C. signata. Fab. Syst. Eleuth, vol. ii. p. 245. 42. 

 G. P. p. 248. tab. 49. fig. 3. 



Sp. 33. (Cetoninus) Cetonia tigrina, Oliv. 



Cetonia tigrina, Oliv. tab. 12. fig. 111. 

 Note. Schonnherr makes the Cetonia furcata of Fabricius to be synonymous with this, but I am far 

 from being sure of their identity. 



Sp. 34. (Cetoninus) Cetonia bella, n. s. 

 Descr. Cetonia atrovelutina, vertice albo bimaculato, clypeo quadrato argenteo bimaculato 

 antice vix emarginato angulis rotundatis, thorace albomaculato vitta laterali irregulari alba, 

 scutello albo-bimaculato, elytris albo maculatis maculis seriatim dispositis, ano albo- 

 4-maculato maculis intermediis elongatis, corpore subtus atronitido abdominis lateribus albo- 

 bimaculatis, pedibus atronitidis, tibiis anticis vix tridentatis, femoribus posticis albo-lineatis. 



Long 5^ lines. 



84. We now proceed to the European sub-section of Trichioid Cetonia ; and here we find 

 two Cape species at the entrance^ 



Sp. 35. (Cetoninus) Cetonia funesta, Fah. 



Cetonia funesta. Fab. Syst. Eleuth. 2. 155. 103. 

 Note. This species is difi'erent from the Cetonia stictica of Fabricius, although confounded with it by 

 Gory. 



Sp. 36. (Cetoninus) Cetonia melaena, n. s. 



Descr. Cetonia atra punctata, clypeo quadrato antice subemarginato, thorace subquadrato late- 

 ribus rotundatis carina media l^vi, elytris striis inter tres lineas elevatas lasves impressis, 

 tibiis anticis vix tridentatis. 



Long. 5 hues. 



85. With respect to the section of Cetonia yAiioh I have termed CREMASTOCHEiLiDEiE, I may 

 safely say that it deserves the name ; for, in fact, these several sections of the sub-genus repre- 

 sent the five genera of the family ; and thus the extraordinary similarity in colour and marking 

 that is found to exist between such insects as Cremastocheilus maculatus, G. P., and Cetonia 

 maculata. Fab., may be accounted for. This section of CremastocheilidecB is pecuHar to Asia 

 and Africa, and offers various sub-sections, which for the present may be distributed as 

 follows : — 



