ON THE CETONIID.E OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
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Sub-sections. 
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B. — Fore tibiae externally tri- 
dentate. 
Asiatic. 
L . 3 
Elytra spinous at apex, 
teeth on the outside. 
Fore tibiae scarcely with three 
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Type, C. acuminata, Fab. 
Elytra spinous at apex. Fore tibiae with three distinct 
teeth. 
Elytra not spinous at the apex. 
C. alboguttata, Vigors. 
Type, C. histrio, Fab. 
A. — Fore tibiae externally hi- 
dentate. 
African. 
4 Elytra with parallel sides, 
emarginate in front. 
5 Elytra narrower at apex, 
with emarginate apex. 
Clypeus quadrate, scarcely j Type> ^ cerifera, M‘L. 
Clypeus elongate, acuminate , Mmorrhoidalk . Fab . 
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. 
Schonnherr 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 Cetonia: Cremastocheilidea, 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 
ceneis fusco-maculatis, his striis punctorum tribus inter tres vittas lseves olovatas impressis, 
corpore subtus nigro villoso, abdomine pedibusque fulvo-seneis, ano nigro maculis 
cinerascentibus. 
Long. 6 lines. 
Sp. 38. (Cetoninus) Cetonia terifera, n. s. 
Descr. Cetonia clypeo antice rotundato, capite tlioraceque violaceo-seneis, lmjus margine postico 
scutello elytrisque ferrugiueis ; liis striis gcminatis impressis nigro-maculatis, scutello ad basin 
scapulisque nigris, ano forrugineo albomaculato, corpore subtus nigro-nitido villoso, femoribus 
posticis ad tibias rufescentibus. 
Long. 5,' lines. 
Sp. 39. (Cetoninus) Cetonia puma, n. s. 
Descr. Cetonia antennarum clava. elongatd, clypeo elongato antice rotundo, capite thoraceque 
obscuris suboeneis, thoracis vitta laterali albescente macula nigra, scapulis albis, scutello 
elytrisque ferrugineis, his inter tres lineas elevatas lseves nigro-maculatis, lateribus 
albomaculatis, corpore subtus seneo squamis albis obsito pilisque hirsuto, ano rufo 
albomaculato. 
Long 5;) lines. 
Sp. 40. (Cetoninus) Cetonia cinerascens, Fab. 
Cetonia cinerascens , Fab. Syst. Eleuth. 2. 156. 104. 
Scar abacus cinereo-nebulosus , 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. 
