638 Description of the Male of Goliathus torquatus. 



side of the prothorax, or the prostemum, the anterior coxa, 

 and a large portion of the mesosternum, are covered with 

 velvet-like hairs of a pale buff colour, a space however on 

 each side and near the lateral margin of the prostemum is 

 green, like the upper side of the prothorax ; a fringe of deep 

 yellow hair springs from the anterior margin, and is closely 

 applied to the under side of the head. The sides of the me- 

 sosternum are glossy green, (like the remaining under parts), 

 and covered with long, deep yellow hairs. The spinous pro- 

 cesses of the legs are black, the tarsi and the under side of 

 the tibiae are also black ; on the hinder tibiae however there 

 is a greenish hue. A narrow line of a velvet-like substance 

 extends along the fore part of the femora of the anterior pair 

 of legs, which is of a yellowish-brown colour. The inner 

 side of the posterior tibia is furnished with a fringe of long- 

 ish deep yellow hair, and a fringe of the same character ex- 

 tends along the external margin of the elytra. Some very 

 faint indications of stria are observable on the elytra. 



IN. L. 



Total length 2 8 



Length of head „ 8 



Width of head in front of the eyes „ 4 



Length of thorax „ 8 



Width of ditto. 1 0£ 



Length of elytra 1 4£ 



Width of ditto at the "base 1 1£ 



near the apex „ 2f 



Judging from Drury's figure and description, there are cer- 

 tain points in which his insect does not agree with the spe- 

 cimen here described, and which I presume are sexual, al- 

 though they are not such as might have been anticipated, as 

 in the case of the great developement of the clypeus, &c. I 

 allude more particularly to the circumstance of there being 

 two spines on the upper side of the intermediate tibia repre- 

 sented in the drawing, and there being no white longitudinal 

 line on the centre of the thorax. The fore part of the head 

 is described by Drury as being dusky green, and the hinder 

 part grey. 



London, Nov. 20th, 1838. 



