ON THE CETONIIDiE OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
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The following Cape species belong to the third sub-section : — 
Sp. 47. (Cetoninus) Cetonia balteata, Degeer. 
Scardbcms balteatus, Degeer, vii. 642. tab. 48. fig. 4. 
Cetonia conlroversa, G. P. p. 246. tab. 46. fig. 6. 
Note. I do not allude here to Schonnlierr, because liis “ Synonymia Insectorum” is altogether wrong 
with respect to the species of this particular section Polybaphece. 
Sp. 48. (Cetoninus) Cetonia discoidea, Fab. 
Cetonia discoidea , Fab. Syst. Eleuth. 2. 158. 116. 
Cetonia velutina, Oliv. tab. 12. fig. 114. 
G.P. p. 246. tab. 46. fig. 5. 
Cetonia Jlammea , Zool. Joum. vol. 2. p. 237. tab. 9. fig. 2. 
90. As this last-mentioned section of the sub-genus Cetoninus bears a resemblance in form to 
Diplognatha, and represents the genus Macromimts, so the section to which we now pass bears 
a strong resemblance to Loniaptera in the genus Gymnetinus which is here represented. This 
section I have therefore called Gymnetidea:, and it belongs typically to Madagascar, although 
found also in New Holland. There are several known sub-sections ; but as they present no 
Cape insects, I need not detail them here. I shall only say, that the Cetonia Gymnetidea, by 
their beautiful form and polished flat elytra, with serrated sides, by their often cloven clypeus, 
long maxillae, and emarginate mentum, close the circle of the genus Cetoninus by uniting them- 
selves with the sub-genus Schizorhina, and thus forming the junction between it and the sub- 
genus Cetonia. 
91. By means of Cetonia cincta of Donovan, we arrive at the only remaining section of 
Cetonia, which I have called Tvpic./e, not because they are typical of the sub-genus, but 
because they represent the genus Cetoninus, as it were, par excellence. This section is so 
numerous as to offer sub-sections, which, however, as may be expected, depend on very 
refined and even evanescent considerations. Perhaps, however, 1 have not yet been able to 
seize the true characters of distinction ; and, indeed, it is of little consequence, provided I can 
explain the series of affinity, which appears to me to be as follows : — 
f 1 Black. Type, C. mono, Fab. 
B. — Typically European. 2 Viridiseneous. Type, C.fastuosa, Fab. 
Viridiaeneous spotted with white. Type, C. aurata, Lin. 
A. — African. 
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Green with white or yellow lines. 
Yellow or black spotted with yellow. 
Type, C. aulica, Fab. 
Type, C. sinuata , Fab. 
92. As we have no species from the Cape of the three first sub-sections, I shall begin with 
the one which is here numbered the fifth, and designated “ Nig me flavomaculata; vel flavEe.” 
To this beautiful African groupe belong the following described species : — 1. Cetonia punctato- 
marginata, Degeer ; C. impressa, G. P. ; C. inscripta, G. P. ; C. marginata, Fab. ; C. 
postica, G. P.; C. fimbriata, G. P. ; C. monacha, G. P.; C. fasciata, Fab. ( Savigny , 
G. P.); C. olivacea, 01.; C. interrupta, Fab., &c. &c. ; and also the following species 
brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith 
Sp. 49. (Cetoninus) Cetonia sinuata, Oliv. 
Desck. Cetonia nigrofusca, thoracis elytrorumque margine, thoracis maculis quinque, scutelli 
duabus, elytrorumque quatuor flavis, thoracis maculis marginalibus elytrorumque duabus 
nigro-fuscis, corpore subtus nigro. 
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