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.