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COLEOPTERA. 
Syn. Scarabaeus Kosnigii, Oliv. Ins. 1. 3. 163. 200. t. 9, f. 77. Fabricius Ent. Syst. 1, p. 65. 
Herbst. Col II. p. 300, No. 195, t. 19, f. 8. 
Scarabaeus scriptus, Pallas Icon. p. 7. A. 7. T. A. f. 7. 
Fabricius gives Tranquebar as the locality of this species. I have seen it in some 
collections named Gymnopleurus granulatus, which Fabricius, indeed, regarded as a 
variety of Gymnopleurus Koenigii. 
CETONIA HISTRIO. 
Plate II. fig. 4. 
Family. CetoniadjE, MacLeay. 
Genus. Cetonia, Fabricius. Scarabaeus p. Linnaeus. 
Species. Cetonia Histrio: testacea; thorace maculis duabus nigris ; elytris nigris, singulo 
macula magna oblonga testacea, punctisque quatuor lateralibus albis. Long. Corp. 
lin. 8. 
Cetonia : testaceous ; thorax with two black spots ; elytra black, each having a large 
oblong testaceous spot, and four lateral small round white spots. Length 8 lines. 
Syn. Cetonia histrio, Oliv. Hist. Ins. 1. 6. 45, tab. 10, f. 94. Fabricius Ent. Syst. 2. 152. 
Cetonia versicolor, Oliv. Fair, var.f Schonh. Syn. Ins. 1. 3, p. 131. 
Habitat. Egypt, (Fabricius). Egypt, and East Indies, (Schonherr). Bengal, (Mus. Hope). 
GYMNETIS CiERULEA. 
Plate II. fig. 5. 
Genus. Gymnetis, MacLeay. Cetonia p. Fabricius. 
Species. Gymnetis C^erulea : glaberrima, glauca, elytris chalybaeis, punctato striatis, maculis 
albis. Long. Corp. lin 5^. 
Gymnetis : very smooth, glaucous, with the elytra chalybeous, striato punctate, and 
spotted with white. Length lines. 
Syn. Scarabaeus caeruleus, Herbst. in Fuessly Archiv Ins. 4, p. 19, No. 8, t. 19, f. 30. Gmel 
Syst. Nat. 1582, No. 382. Oliv. Ent. 1. 6, p. 47, t. 5, f. 31, a. 
Cetonia 14-maculata, Fab. Syst. Eleuth. 2, p. 156. 
Habitat. India, (Olivier). Bengal, (Donovan). 
The original specimen of Cetonia 14-maculata, described by Fabricius, is now 
in the collection of the Rev. T. W. Hope, an examination of which has convinced me 
