CETONIA CAPENSIS. Rufa hirta, punctis albis adspersa. (Long. Corp. 10
lin.)
SYN. Scarabæus Capensis, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. II. _p._ 556. 73. _Fabr.
Syst. Eleuth._ II. _p._ 144. 48. _Olivier Ent._ 16. _p._ 27. 28. _t._ 6.
38. n b. _Herbst. Col._ III. _tab._ 29. _f._ 12. _Schonh. Syn. Ins._ III.
127. 71.
Scarabæus albo punctatus, _De Geer Ins._ vii. _p._ 640. 40. _t._ 48. _f._
2.
HABITAT: Cape of Good Hope.
Head margined, black, and nearly quadrangular. Antennæ black. Thorax
margined, and of a dark chocolate colour; which, with the elytra and
scutellum, are hairy, and embellished with a great number of white spots.
The latter is black and shining. Elytra fine chocolate-coloured, and
faintly margined (the suture being black), not covering the anus. The
under part of the insect is covered with pale clay-coloured hairs; but on
the fore femora, and next the head, the hairs are browner.