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generally expected that a Supplement to it will 

 shortly make its appearance, when, in all probabi- 

 lity, these objections will be remedied. 



10. Cetonia. 



Sp. 1. Goliata. — The type of the genus Goliathus 

 De Lamarck. Mr. Kirby has applied the spe- 

 cific name of giganteus to it, which has been 

 retained by Mr. Westwood in the new edition 

 of Drury's Illustrations. I think the Goliathidse 

 will bear dividing into two groups, the former in- 

 cluding those genera which have the anterior and 

 posterior angles of the thorax rounded, and the 

 latter where the thorax is of a trapezoidal form ; at 

 the close of the Fabrician Lamellicorns I shall add 

 some additional remarks on Goliathidse, and there- 

 fore only allude at present to an insect which Pro- 

 fessor Klug of Berlin has named Goliathus Regius ; 

 I lately received a specimen allied to the last named 

 species from Guinea, and was convinced that it was a 

 female, and I think probably it is the female of 

 Goliathus giganteus K. ; that it was a female I am 

 enabled to speak positively, as on dissecting it many 

 ova were discovered in the abdomen. 



Sp. 2. Cacicus. — A specimen of this insect is in 

 my possession, it was received from the same loca- 



