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

 where they feed on flowers and on sap exuding from wounds 

 in the bark, lilie tlie Cetonias, and that the natives obtain 

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

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

 Goliatli beetles is fluid, like tliat of tlie Tricliii 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 tneir jaws, and the diverging 

 rows of hairs that line their lower lips, are admirably fltted 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." 

 Fron.i Cetonia, Lacordaire has separated the genus Enryomia, 

 distinguished by the untoothed niaxillne, by the clypeus being 

 usually paral)olic, sometimes parallel and rarely emarginate iu 

 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 Osmoderma the elytra are 

 not sinuate on the sides, the prothorax ^'°' '*'*' " 



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

 Osmoderma scabm 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 Avhitish flesh; 

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

 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 antenna), the outer joints of which are usually 

 furnished with pores, which are either difl^'used 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 tibiiE are usually 



