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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of lamellicorn beetles (Scarabœidæ), belonging to the tribe Cetoniini, readily distinguished by the fact that the epimera of the mesothorax are visible from above as a triangular piece between the prothorax and the elytra, a character of rare occurrence in Coleoptera.

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