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Science, informs me that they are found in the tops of trees 

 where they feed oil flowers and on sup exuding- from wounds 

 in the bark, like the Cetonia', and that the natives obtain 

 them by jarring the trees. Harris states that "it appears, 

 from the observations of Dr. Savage, that the food of the 

 Goliath beetles is fluid, like that of the Trichii and Cetonue, 

 insects belonging to the same natural family, but the latter live 

 chiefly on the nectar of flowers, and the former on the sap of 

 plants. The long brushes on their jaws, and the diverging 

 rows of hairs that line their lower lips, are admirably litted for 

 absorbing liquid food ; while their horny teeth attbrd these 

 beetles additional means for obtaining it from the leaves and 

 juicy stems of plants, when the blossoms have disappeared." 

 From Cetonia, Lacordaire has separated the genus E'unjomiu, 

 distinguished by the uutoothed maxilhv, by the clypeus being 

 usually parabolic, sometimes parallel and rarely emarginatc in 

 front. Euryomia Inda Linn, attacks 

 ripe peaches, spoiling them for the 

 market. They are found about run- 

 ning sap in April and flying in fields in 

 May, and a new brood appears in Sep- 

 tember. In Osmoderina the elytra are 

 not sinuate on the sides, the prothorax 



is narrower than the elytra and usually rounded on the sides. 

 Osmoderina scabra Dej. is a large long-legged beetle of a cop- 

 pery purplish black color. The larva lives in decaying cherry 

 and apple trees. According to Harris it is a whitish flesh; 

 grub, with a reddish corneous head, and closely resembles the 

 grub of the common dor-beetle. In autumn it forms an oval 

 cocoon by gluing together the chips it makes, and the beetle 

 appears in July. 



BUPRESTID^E Leach. This very extensive family is known 

 by the serrated antennae, the outer joints of which are usually 

 furnished with pores, which are either diffused on the sides, 

 or concentrated in a cavity (fovea) on the under side or at the 

 tip. The head is deeply sunken up to the elliptical eyes, and 

 the labrum is small and prominent, while the mandibles are 

 short and stout. The legs are short, the tibia- arc usually 



