ON THE CETONIIDA5 OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
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spelling, which certainly ought to be Coryphe or Corypliaa. I prefer the former word, as it 
appears to be what M. Gory was aiming at ; and, besides, means a lady's ornament, for which 
purpose, in fact, some of the brilliant species of this sub-genus serve in the Phillippine islands.* 
It is true that Dr. Leach gave this name “ Corypha” to a groupe of Staphylinida, ; but it has 
never been adopted, so far as I know ; and Gory has certainly the right to name a groupe of 
which he first pointed out very nearly the true limits. It is distinguished from Schizorhina by 
the porrected mesosternum diverging from the prothorax, by its often carinated vertex, and 
clypeus always entire in front. From the sub-genus Goliathus, to which it is exceedingly 
close, this sub-genus may be known by the maxillae having the terminal process shorter and in 
a line with the base, and by the mentum being more truncated, but, above all, by the horny 
part of the mandibles being much longer than the square membranaceous part. The males 
scarcely ever have any teeth on the external side of their anterior tibiae, and when they possess 
such teeth it is merely because they belong to aberrant species. 
SECTIONS OF COR YPHE. 
(■Maxilla having the inner process generally unidentate. 
J Thorax not semicircular. £ Clypeus sometimes horned 
! or bifurcate. India. Type, Cetonia MacLeaii, K. 
(Maxilla having the inner process unidentate. Thorax 
J semicircular. $ clypeus bifurcate. Indian Islands. 
[ Type, C. licornis, Lat. 
(Maxilla having no tooth on the inner process. Thorax not 
J semicircular. $ with clypeus generally horned. Asia, 
p Type, C. Hardwickii, G. P. 
(Maxilla with no tooth on the inner process. 9 anterior 
J tibiae externally tridentate. Southern Africa, 
p Type, C. suturalis, Fab. 
(Maxilla with its inner process unidentate. 9 anterior 
t tibiae without teeth. Tropical Africa. 
Type, C. Iris, Fab. 
I have named one of these sections after a prominent species. Mr. Kirby indicated another 
under the name of Ch lor ocala, as did Mr. Hope another under the term Rhomborhina. The 
second section in the above list is what MM. Gory and Percheron term their genus 
“ Diclieros.” And as for the first, M. Dupont has some right to name it, since one of the 
insects he calls “ Narycius” appears to belong to it. 
59. With respect, then, to the section Nakyci.e of Dupont, I would observe, that it is 
remarkable for its brilliant green colouring, which is sometimes rendered still more vivid by 
spots of some different hue. The groupe is entirely Indian, and the Coryphe MacLeaii (the 
Cetonia MacLeaii of Kirby) seems to be its best type. Here I may remark, that the Gnatho- 
cera MacLeaii of Gory is not the Cetonia MacLeaii of Kirby. In the latter species the black 
discal spot of the thorax does not touch its hinder margin, and besides the clypeus of the 
male has not two parallel horns proceeding from its sides, but only one short vertical horn, 
something like that of the well-known insect Coryphe ftavomaculata, Fab. The Gnathocera 
MacLeaii of Gory ought therefore to retain the trivial name it originally received from its disco- 
verer Eschscholtz, and be henceforth called Coryphe pretiosa. But this species, together with 
the insect called Narycius olivaceus by Dupont, and the beautiful Cetonia guttata of Olivier, 
1 Naricia, Dup. 
B. — Mentum emarginate. 9 
with anterior tibise exter- 
nally bidentate, rarely tri-"\ 2 Diceros, G. P. 
dentate. 
Asiatic Insects. 
L3 Rhomborhina, H. 
( 4 Schuppellia, M‘L. 
A. — Mentum not emarginate. 
African Insects. 
5 ChlorocaLjE, K. 
* See Linn. Trans, vol. 12. p. 409. 
