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I am not inclined to dissect the only specimens I 

 possess. 



Sp. 8. jEgcon. — The details of the new genus 

 Golofa, will be found in a paper in the second 

 volume of the Transactions of the Entomological 

 Society of London, where all the species are enu- 

 merated which have fallen under my inspection. 



Sp. 17. DcBclalus. — It has been asserted that the 

 female of Dsedalus is the Melolontha diadema 

 Olivier. I confess I can scarcely believe it. There 

 seems a doubt respecting the country where it was 

 taken, according to Sehestedt it is from the East 

 Indies, and in various collections of the Conti- 

 nent it is labelled from South America ; probably 

 two distinct species are included under the above 

 name. 



Sp. 20. ActcBon. — The characters of the Genus 

 Megasoma, Kirby, are amply detailed in the four- 

 teenth volume of the Linnean Transactions, to 

 which the reader is referred. Sc Hector, Gory, 

 undoubtedly belongs to it. 



Sp. 27. Bicolor. — This insect is the type of Mr. 

 W. Sharpe MacLeay's genus Orphnus ; it occurs in 

 the East Indies, where there are several species, 

 and, according to De Jean, also inhabits Africa. 

 Oryctes and Orphnus are evidently closely allied. 



