DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES. 



Frontispiece. — Goliatlms Princeps, Hope. P. 



In the other Plates the same letters indicate the same organs throughout. 

 Md. Mandible; mx. Maxilla; ni. p. Maxillary palpus; mn. Mentuin ; 

 1. \i. Labial palpi. 



PLATE I. 



Vm. 1. — Details of the genus Megaceras, /i'jrZ'?/, (jNI. Chorinfcus) 



ii. „ Enema, Kirhy, (E. infundibuhim) 



3. ,, Cheiroplatys, 7iir%, (Ch. Juvencus) 



4. „ Chalcosoma, Hope. (C Atlas) H. under 



side of the head, b, brush of clypeus. 



5. ,, Strategus, Kirbi/, (Str. Alceus $ ) 



PLATE n. 



Fig G. — Details of the genus CceIosIs. Kirhy, (C. Sylvanus) 



7. „ Xyloryctes, i/o^je, (X. Satyrus ^) 



8. ,, Syriclitus, Kirhy, (S. capensis) 



9. „ Pentodon, Kirhy, (P. punctatus) 



10. „ Temnorhynchus, Hope, (T. retusus) P. 



hind leg. 



11. „ Bothynus, ^^/-fct/, (B. cuniculus.) 



PLATE III. 



Fig. 12. — Details of the genus Isodnn, Jf ope, (I. Australasia) 



i;5. „ Goliathus Cacicus ^ (H. under side of the 



head — «, maxillary brush ; b, terminal 

 part of the mentum; c, labial palpi; 

 d, maxillary palpi ; e, basal portion of 

 the mentum ; f, base of the maxilla ; 

 g, side view of the extremity of the 

 mentum, shewing the deep groove in 

 which the pa^pi are lodged.) 



14. „ Goliathus princeps J , Hope. 



15. „ Tesserodon Novae Hollandise, Fab. 



