MACRASPIS TETRADACTYLA. Atra, scutello elytris dimidio breviore, pedibus
triunguiculatis, pollice fixo. (Long. Corp. circ. 1 unc.)
SYN. Scarabæus Tetradactylus, _Linn. Mant._ 530. _Sloane Jamaica, t._
237. _f._ 2.
Cetonia T. _Fabr. Syst. El._ II. _p._ 151. 80. _Olivier Enc._ 1. 6. _p._
74. 93. _t._ 2. _f._ 8. & _t._ 7. _f._ 53.
HABITAT: Jamaica.
Entirely deep shining black. Front of the head margined, from whence
underneath appear two lips. Thorax margined. Elytra not margined, nor
covering the anus. Scutellum remarkably large and long, reaching half way
down the wing-cases. Posterior trochanters distinct. Sternum long. Tibiæ
dentated, and armed with spines, particularly at the tips; tarsal joints
also furnished with spines. Ungues composed of two principal hooks, which
divide and separate as usual; but one has an immoveable lesser hook
within it, and likewise a long spine fixed to the last tarsal joint of
equal length with the hooks, as shewn in the figure near the insect.