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._
GYMNETIS NITIDA. Glabra viridis, thoracis et elytrorum marginibus
testaceis, tibiis haud dentatis, capite spinâ recumbente. (Long. Corp.
fere 10 lin.)