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ON THE CETONIIDiE OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
alibus minoribus albis. Corpus infra nigrum liirsutie flava opertum. Abdomen vitta 
mediali rufa. Pedes nigri. 
Long. 9 lines. 
Sp. 31. (Cetoninus) Cetonia oculata, n.s. 
Descb. Cetonia rufa capite, scutello, scapulis, thoracis albopunctati maculis duabus, elytrorumque 
sutura nigris, corpore infra hirsuto, abdominis rufi maculis lateralibus pedibusque nigris. 
Long. 9 lines. 
Note. This may possibly be the Cetonia Rcmperi of Dejeans Catalogue. It comes very near to the 
preceding species C. kirsuta, 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, Fab. 
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 Fahricius to be synonymous with this, but I am far 
from being sure of their identity. 
Sp. 34. (Cetoninus) Cetonia bella, n. s. 
Descb. Cetonia atrovelutina, vertice albo bimaculato, elypco quadrato argenteo bimaculato 
antice vix emarginato augulis rotuudatis, 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, Fab. 
Cetonia funesta , Fab. Syst. Eleuth. 2. 155. 103. 
Note. This species is different from the Cetonia stictica of Fabricius, although confounded with it by 
Gory. 
Sp. 36. (Cetoninus) Cetonia melsena, n.s. 
Descb. Cetonia atra punctata, clypeo quadrato antice subemarginato, thorace subquadrato late- 
ribus rotundatis carina media kevi, elytris striis inter tres lineas elevatas leaves impressis, 
tibiis anticis vix tridentatis. 
Long. 5 fines. 
85. With respect to the section of Cetonia which I have termed Cremastocheilide.®:, 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 Cremastocheilideee is peculiar to Asia 
and Africa, and offers various sub-sections, which for the present may be distributed as 
follows : — 
