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.
Entirely deep shining black. Front of the head margined, from whence underneath appear two lips. Thorax margined. Elytra not margined, nor covering the anus. Scutellum remarkably large and long, reaching half way down the wing-cases. Posterior trochanters distinct. Sternum long. Tibiæ dentated, and armed with spines, particularly at the tips; tarsal joints also furnished with spines. Ungues composed of two principal hooks, which divide and separate as usual; but one has an immoveable lesser hook within it, and likewise a long spine fixed to the last tarsal joint of equal length with the hooks, as shewn in the figure near the insect.
GYMNETIS LANIUS.
Plate [XXXIII]. fig. 8.
Order: Coleoptera. Section: Lamellicornes. Family: Cetoniidæ.
Genus. Gymnetis, MacLeay. Scarabæus, Linn. Cetonia, Fabr.
Gymnetis Lanius. Livida, thorace punctis duobus, elytris maculis plurimis nigris, sterno antice cornuto. (Long. Corp. fere 1 unc.)