General colour above, rusty copper; beneath, shining purple. Thorax smooth, margined, and narrow in front. Elytra margined, and near their extremities a little protuberant. On the first joint of the abdomen are two scales lying close under the hinder thighs, which are thin and sharp on their edges, but next the body are thick and strong.[27] The breast is a little hairy. Tibiæ dentated and hairy, except the fore ones. Each of the tibiæ with two spurs. CETONIA FASCICULARIS. Plate XXXIII. fig. 2. ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Cetoniidæ. GENUS. CETONIA, _Fabricius_. Scarabæus, _Linn._ CETONIA FASCICULARIS. Thorace lineis quatuor albis, elytris viridibus, abdominis incisuris barbatis. (Long. Corp. 1 unc.) SYN. Scarabæus Fascicularis, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. II. _p._ 557. 75. Cetonia F. _Fabricius Syst. Eleuth._ 2. _p._ 144. 45. _Olivier Ent._ 1. 6. _p._ 16. 12. _t._ 11. _f._ 108. _Schonh. Syn. Ins._ 3. 126. 67. _Petiv. Gazoph. t._ 8. _f._ 6. _Roesel. vol._ 2. _tab._ B. _f._ 6. HABITAT: Cape of Good Hope. Head black, small, and quadrangular. Antennæ black. Thorax black, smooth, and shining; with a white margin on its sides, and two white lines running from the neck to the posterior edge, being placed nearly at equal distances. Scutellum triangular, black, and shining. Elytra dark green. Each joint of the abdomen is covered with tufts of orange-coloured hairs on its sides. Femora and tibiæ, particularly the fore ones, hairy. The middle of the breast and abdomen is black and shining. Anterior tibiæ with four spines and teeth; the middle ones with six, and the hind ones with five. {67}CETONIA CAPENSIS. Plate XXXIII. fig. 3. ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Cetoniidæ. GENUS. CETONIA, _Fabricius_. Scarabæus, _Linn._ CETONIA CAPENSIS. Rufa hirta, punctis albis adspersa. (Long. Corp. 10 lin.) SYN. Scarabæus Capensis, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. II. _p._ 556. 73. _Fabr. Syst. Eleuth._ II. _p._ 144. 48. _Olivier Ent._ 16. _p._ 27. 28. _t._ 6. 38. n b. _Herbst. Col._ III. _tab._ 29. _f._ 12. _Schonh. Syn. Ins._ III. 127. 71. Scarabæus albo punctatus, _De Geer Ins._ vii. _p._ 640. 40. _t._ 48. _f._ 2. HABITAT: Cape of Good Hope. Head margined, black, and nearly quadrangular. Antennæ black. Thorax margined, and of a dark chocolate colour; which, with the elytra and scutellum, are hairy, and embellished with a great number of white spots. The latter is black and shining. Elytra fine chocolate-coloured, and faintly margined (the suture being black), not covering the anus. The under part of the insect is covered with pale clay-coloured hairs; but on the fore femora, and next the head, the hairs are browner. CETONIA FASTUOSA. Plate XXXIII. fig. 4. ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Cetoniidæ. GENUS. CETONIA, _Fabricius_. Scarabæus, _Linn._