The name applied to this species by Drury is so inexpressive that I have been induced to propose for it a new specific designation, which has allusion to its large size and rich colouring.
PLATE XLIV.
CETONIA TORQUATA.
Plate [XLIV]. fig. 1.
Order: Coleoptera. Section: Lamellicornes. Family: Cetoniidæ.
Genus. Cetonia, Fabricius, &c. Scarabæus, Linn. &c.
Cetonia Torquata. Obscure viridis, thoracis margine antico luteo, pygidii maculis duabus albis; elytrorum apice suturali spinoso. (Long. Corp. 2 unc. 6 lin.)
Syn. Scar. torquatus, Drury, App. vol. 3. Herbst. Col. III. p. 198. t. 28. f. 1. Schon. Syn. Ins. 3. 117.
Habitat: Sierra Leone.