CETONIA AURATA. Segmento abdominis primo lateribus unidentato, elytris
lineolis transversis albis. (Long. Corp. 9 lin.)
SYN. Scarabæus Pallidus, _Drury, App. v._ 2. _Herbst. Col._ III. _p._
247. 35. _tab._ 31. _fig._ 2.
Cetonia Aurata, _Duftschm. Fn. Aust._ 1. _p._ 166. 3. _Schonh. Syn. Ins._
III. _p._ 119. _No._ 37. [Greek: g].
HABITAT: Smyrna (_Drury_).
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.