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NATUEAL HISTOEY OP 
Only two are known to inhabit Britain, and these 
may almost be said to be confined to the southern 
division of the island ; for although the most com- 
mon ( C. aurata) has been noticed in Scotland, its 
occurrence is extremely rare. A few fine species 
inhabit the south of France and the eastern coun- 
tries of Europe, and a considerable number are 
found in America, particularly in Mexico. They 
are rather scarce, however, in Brazil, and such as 
are found there do not seem to multiply to the same 
extent as they do in most other places. Java and 
the East Indies are likewise rich in these insects, 
and the former contains a generic group ( Macro- 
nota> Weid.) very nearly related to the true Ceto- 
niae, which is peculiar to the country. But their 
metropolis, or characteristic locality, appears to be 
the southern parts of Africa, in the neighbourhood 
of the Cape of Good Hope. New Holland also 
produces several beautifully marked species. 
CETONIA FASCICULATtlS. 
PLATE XVII. Fig. 1. 
Scarabseus fascicularis, Linn. — Drury's Illus. pi. 33, fig. 2.— 
Olivier , ii. No. 6, pi. 11, fig. 108. 
The head, scutellum, and thorax of this beautiful 
insect are deep black and shining : the latter witl$ 
four deeply impressed longitudinal lines, which are 
filled with very minute white scales. The elytra 
