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

 where the}^ feed on flowers and on sap exuding from wounds 

 in the bark, like the Cetoniie, and that the natives obtain 

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

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

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

 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 fitted for 

 absorbing liquid food ; while their horny teeth afford 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 Euryomia, 

 distinguished by the untoothed maxillae, by the clypeus being 

 usually parabolic, sometimes parallel and rarely emarginate in 

 front. Eiiryomia 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 Osmoderma the elytra are 

 not sinuate on the sides, the prothorax '^' 



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

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

 pery purplish black color. The larva lives in decaying cheny 

 and apple trees. According to Harris it is a whitisli 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 difl'used on the sides, 

 or concen<,rated 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 tibiae are usually 



