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

 where they feed on flowers and on sap exuding from wounds 

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

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

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

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

 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 fitted for 

 absorI)ing liquid food ; while their horny teeth attbrd these 

 beetles atlditioual means for obtaining it from the leaves and 

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

 From Cetotna, Lacordaire has separated the genus Euryomia, 

 distinguished l)y the untoothed maxillne, by the clypeus being 

 usually paral)olic, sometimes parallel and rarelj' emarginate in 

 front. Euryomia Inda Linn, attacks 

 ripe peaches, spoiling them for the 

 market. They are found about run- 

 ning sap in April and fl3'ing 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 cherrj' 

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

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

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

 cocoon b}- gluing together the chips it makes, and the beetle 

 ai)[)ears in Jul3\ 



BuPRESTiDiE Leach. This ver}- extensive family is known 

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

 furnished with pores, which are either diftused 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, Avhile the mandibles are 

 short and stout. The legs are short, the tibiie are usually 



