ON THE CETONIID^ OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



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Subsections. 



f 1 Elytra spinous at apex. Fore tibiae scarcely with three|^^^^ ^ acuminata, Fab. 

 B.— Fore tibise externaUy tri- | teeth on the outside. j 



2 Elytra spinous at apex. Fore tibi^ with three distinct^^^p^^ ^ alboguttata, Vigors, 

 teeth. J 



3 Elytra not spinous at the apex. Type, C. Mstrio, Fab- 



dentate. 

 Asiatic, 



A. — Fore tibiae externally bi- 

 dentate. 

 African. 



4 Elytra with parallel sides. Clypeus quadrate, scarcely l.'jypg q mrifera M'L 

 emarginate in front. j 



5 Elyti-a narrower at apex. Clypeus elongate, acuminate^^yp^^ ^ hmnorrhoidalis , Fab. 

 L with emarginate apex. J 



86. Of the three first sub-sections, we have no species brought by Dr. Smith, as they are 

 typically Asiatic. I shall merely therefore take the opportunity of mentioning that M. 

 Schbnnherr is wrong in stating C. acuminata to be a native of the Cape, and that MM. Gory 

 and Percheron are equally wrong in stating C. maculata to be a Cape species. The former 

 inhabits India, and the latter the Mauritius. Many insects are said to be natives of the Cape 

 of Good Hope, merely because they have been brought from thence. 



87. Of the fourth sub-section of Cefonia Cremastocheilideee , we have several Cape species 

 in the collection ; such as, 



Sp. 37. (Cetoninus) Cetonia numismatica, n. s. 

 Descr. Cetonia clypeo antice rotundato, capite thoraceque violaceo-eeneis, scutello elytrisque 

 seneis fusco-maculatis, Ms striis punctorum tribus inter tres vittas Iseves elevatas impressis, 

 corpore subtus nigro villoso, abdomine pedibusque fulvo-seneis, ano nigro macuHs 

 cinerascentibus. 



Long. 6 lines. 



Sp. 38. (Cetoninus) Cetonia serifera, n. s. 



Descr. Cetmiia clypeo antice rotundato, capite tboraceque violaceo-»neis, hujus margine postico 

 scutello elytrisque ferrugineis ; bis striis geminatis impressis nigro-maculatis, scuteUo ad basin 

 scapulisque nigris, ano ferrugineo albomaculato, corpore subtus nigro-nitido villoso, feraoribus 

 posticis ad tibias rufescentibus. 



Long. a\ lines. 



Sp. 39. (Cetoninus) Cetonia puma, n. s. 



Descr. Cetonia antennarum clavS, elongata, clypeo elongato antice rotundo, capite tboraceque 

 obscuris sub^neis, thoracis vitta laterali albescente macula nigra, scapulis albis, scuteUo 

 elytrisque ferrugineis, his inter tres lineas elevatas Iseves nigro-maculatis, lateribus 

 albomaculatis, corpore subtus seneo squamis albis obsito pilisque hirsuto, ano rufo 

 albomaculato. 



Long 5^ lines. 



Sp. 40. (Cetoninus) Cetonia cinerascens, Fai. 



Cetonia cinerascens^ Fab. Syst. Eleuth. 2. 156. 104. 

 Scarabceus cinereo-nebtdosus, Degeer, vii. 643. tab. 48. fig. 7. 

 Note. The Cetonia cinerascens of Gory is not that of Fabricius. Degeer's original name for the 

 present species is too clumsy. 



