. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Scarabaeidae. 152 CETONim^. 131. ProtsBtia regalis. Protsetia regalis, Blanch., Liste Cet. Mus. Paris, 1842, p. 1; Bunn., Havdb. Ent. iii. 1842, p. 490. Cetonia withilli, Bainbr.,* Trans. Ent. Soc. Land. 1842, p. 218. Progastor regalis, Thorns., Le Nat. 1880, p. 278. Protsetia regalis, var. horni, Kraatz, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1900, p. 144. Coppery or almost black, with the legs and lower surface shining and the upper surface and pj-gidium opaque; decorated with pale yellow spots placed as follows:—a pair placed transversely near the middle of the pronotum, one n
. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Scarabaeidae. 152 CETONim^. 131. ProtsBtia regalis. Protsetia regalis, Blanch., Liste Cet. Mus. Paris, 1842, p. 1; Bunn., Havdb. Ent. iii. 1842, p. 490. Cetonia withilli, Bainbr.,* Trans. Ent. Soc. Land. 1842, p. 218. Progastor regalis, Thorns., Le Nat. 1880, p. 278. Protsetia regalis, var. horni, Kraatz, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1900, p. 144. Coppery or almost black, with the legs and lower surface shining and the upper surface and pj-gidium opaque; decorated with pale yellow spots placed as follows:—a pair placed transversely near the middle of the pronotum, one near the middle of each lateral margin and one at each hind angle, some or all of these being occasionally absent; one on each elytron a little before the middle of the inner margin, another behind it, a third in the apical angle, and three at the outer margin alternating with the three preceding; three on each side of the pygidium and a double row on each side of the metasternum and abdomen, some of these frequently absent. This is the largest known species of Frotcetia, stout and convex, and with rather short legs. The Jiead is rather small, very lightly punctured, with the front margin straight and narrowly reflexed. The pronotum is finely punctured, short, narrow in front and broad behind, with the lateral mar- gins slightly curved, the hind angles moderately distinct, and the basal mar- gin strongly excised in the middle. The scntelhim is unpunctured, not very long nor very blunt at the apex. The elytra are finely striate-punctate on the „. oo r> ^ .• 7- disc and irregularly punctured exter- Fis. 32.—Protatta regalis. ,, i .i ? • , , i nally, and then- apical angles are sharp. The 2:)ygidkim is finely transversely strigose and the metastenmm coarsely strigose at the sides. The mesostemal 2^^'ocess is flat, nearly circular in shape and slightly prominent. The front tibia is armed with two sharp but short teeth, and the hind tibia is digitate at the end and fring
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