Cetonia Nitida, _Fabr. Syst. Eleuth._ II. _p._ 139. 24. _Olivier Ent._ 1.
6. _p._ 18. 14. _t._ 3. _f._ 16. & _tab._ 7. _f._ 56. a, b, c.
Scarabæus N. _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. II. _p._ 552. _No._ 51. _De Geer,
vol._ 14. _t._ 19. _f._ 8, 9.
HABITAT: Antigua, St. Christopher's, Jamaica, Maryland, New York,
Virginia, &c. (_Drury_).
{68}Head green, small, quadrangular, and margined. On the front is a
tubercle, like a short thick horn; in the middle is another lying flat.
Thorax margined, and of a dark green colour, but round the sides of a
dirty clay colour. Elytra faintly margined; in some specimens being of a
dark green, with a dark orange border on the sides; in others almost
entirely of a dark orange, and in others party-coloured. Thorax
terminating between the wing-cases, like an obtuse angle; but a
microscope discovers something like a scutellum. Breast and abdomen
shining green, and not hairy. The femora and tibiæ clay-coloured; but
when held in particular positions, seem of a shining green. Posterior
trochanters distinct.