Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 1Drury, Dru
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Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 1
Drury, Dru
Insects -- Pictorial works
CETONIA FASTUOSA. Ænea nitidissima, immaculata. (Long. Corp. 1 unc.)
SYN. Cetonia Fastuosa, _Fabr. Syst. Eleuth._ II. _p._ 137. 10. _Panzer
Faun. Ins. Germ._ xii. 16.
Cetonia Aurata var. _Olivier Icon._ 6. _tab._ 1. 1. _f._ 1. _f._
Scarabæus æruginosus, _Drury, p._ 72. (Exclus. _Syn. Linn._)
HABITAT: Smyrna (_Drury_). South of Europe (_Fabricius_).
Entirely shining golden green-coloured, except the antennæ, which are
blackish. Head margined, small, and quadrangular. Thorax smooth and
margined. Scutellum triangular. The elytra margined, having two little
swellings near the extremities, and not extending beyond the anus. The
breast and abdomen are smooth. Mesosternum extending beyond the middle
thighs. Tibiæ armed with spines at the tips, and the fore ones deeply
dentated.
GYMNETIS NITIDA et var.
Plate XXXIII. fig. 5. 6.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Cetoniidæ.
GENUS. GYMNETIS, _MacLeay_. (_Horæ Ent._ 1. _p._ 1. _p._ 152.) Scarabæus,
_Linn._
GYMNETIS NITIDA. Glabra viridis, thoracis et elytrorum marginibus
testaceis, tibiis haud dentatis, capite spinâ recumbente. (Long. Corp.
fere 10 lin.)
SYN. Gymnetis Nitida, _MacLeay Horæ Ent._
Cetonia Nitida, _Fabr. Syst. Eleuth._ II. _p._ 139. 24. _Olivier Ent._ 1.
6. _p._ 18. 14. _t._ 3. _f._ 16. & _tab._ 7. _f._ 56. a, b, c.
Scarabæus N. _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. II. _p._ 552. _No._ 51. _De Geer,
vol._ 14. _t._ 19. _f._ 8, 9.
HABITAT: Antigua, St. Christopher's, Jamaica, Maryland, New York,
Virginia, &c. (_Drury_).
{68}Head green, small, quadrangular, and margined. On the front is a
tubercle, like a short thick horn; in the middle is another lying flat.
Thorax margined, and of a dark green colour, but round the sides of a
dirty clay colour. Elytra faintly margined; in some specimens being of a
dark green, with a dark orange border on the sides; in others almost
entirely of a dark orange, and in others party-coloured. Thorax
terminating between the wing-cases, like an obtuse angle; but a
microscope discovers something like a scutellum. Breast and abdomen
shining green, and not hairy. The femora and tibiæ clay-coloured; but
when held in particular positions, seem of a shining green. Posterior
trochanters distinct.
MACRASPIS TETRADACTYLA.
Plate XXXIII. fig. 7.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Rutelidæ.
GENUS. MACRASPIS, _MacLeay_. Cetonia, _Fabr._ Scarabæus, _Linn._
MACRASPIS TETRADACTYLA. Atra, scutello elytris dimidio breviore, pedibus
triunguiculatis, pollice fixo. (Long. Corp. circ. 1 unc.)
SYN. Scarabæus Tetradactylus, _Linn. Mant._ 530. _Sloane Jamaica, t._
237. _f._ 2.
Cetonia T. _Fabr. Syst. El._ II. _p._ 151. 80. _Olivier Enc._ 1. 6. _p._
74. 93. _t._ 2. _f._ 8. & _t._ 7. _f._ 53.
HABITAT: Jamaica.
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