CETONIA CORDATA. Testacea, thorace lineis punctisque duobus, elytris
maculis quatuor transversis nigris. (Long. Corp. 9 lin.)
SYN. Scarabæus cordatus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. (1773).
Cetonia olivacea, _Fabr. Syst. Ent. p._ 47. 26. _Syst. El._ II. _p._ 147.
59. _Oliv. Ent._ 16. _p._ 37. 41. _t._ 8. _f._ 69. a.
Cetonia Tigris, _Herbst. Col._ III. _p._ 243. 30. _t._ 30. _f._ 8.
HABITAT: New York.
Head sooty black, having a cordate mark of a dark orange brown colour.
Thorax orange brown, with two black marks crossing it, and a black
lateral spot. Scutellum triangular and orange brown. Elytra orange brown,
with four black bars, of different shapes, crossing them, and reaching
almost from side to side; the first being situated next the thorax, and
interrupted by the escutcheon, the margin and suture being black. Anus
extending beyond the wing cases. Abdomen orange brown, with small black
rings. Sternum short and yellow. Abdominal scales small and close. Legs
orange brown.
Mr. Smeathman informed Mr. Drury that this insect, in its natural state, is
black and yellow, and not black and orange-brown, as described above; its
yellow colour soon fading after death, so that it seldom arrives in Europe
in its natural colours.
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