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 female of the Javanese Goliathus is exactly a Cetonia, while that of the Brazilian is a Tri- 

 chius." — Introd. to Entomology, vol. 4. p. 494. 



Since the publication of this passage, the genus Goliathus has undergone a considerable 

 revision ; the South American species, Cetonia Ynca, Fahr. barbicomis, Mac Leay, &c., 

 have been separated from the genus by Saint Fargeau and Serville in the Encyclopedic 

 Methodique, under the generic name of Ynca, and the Javanese species above noticed 

 (Gol. Rhinophyllus* Wiedemann) is stated by Latreille in the Regne Animal, 2nd edition, 

 not to belong to the genus Goliathus, but to that of Cetonia. The genus is thus restricted 

 to the Afi-ican species,! with the exception of a Mexican insect which Dejean has named 

 Goliathus Hoffiieri. The genus Ynca may thus be regarded rather as a geographical sub- 

 genus, or type of form belonging to and representing the African species of Goliathus, 



DIAPREPES SPENGLERl. 



Plate XXXII. fig. 1. 



Order: Colcoptera. Section: Rhyncophora. Familt: Cureuliouidae. Subfamily: BracUyderides. 



Genus Diaprepes, Sc7ion/(CTT. Chlorima, Dg. Curculio, iinn. ^e. 



DiAPREPES Spengleri. Niger, thorace albo-squamoso, elytris squamositate flava vestitis, saturfi, margine 

 striisque tribus elevatis, nudis, nigris, notatis. (Long. Corp. 7 lin.) 



Syn. Curculio Spengleri, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. -2. 609. 32. Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. 2. 632. No. 149. OVw. Ent. 

 V. 83. 311. No. 345. t. 2. f. 1.5. C. T. 20. /. 254. Herbst. Col. 6. t. 68. /. 11. i; 7'. 09. /. 1. 

 ScJionh. Syn. Ins, Curcul. 2. p. 8. No. 1. 

 Curculio Aurifer, Drury, App. vol. 2. 



Habitat : Jamaica. 



Head black, long, and rostrated ; as long as the thorax, which is also black. Tliey are both striped 

 underneath with streaks of a shining, golden, green colour. Scutellum very small. Elytra dark brown, 

 extending veiy low down the sides, and terminating in a point, double margined. The abdomen dark 

 brown, and, with the wing-cases, adorned with many oblong spots or streaks, of a golden green 

 colour. Femora simple, and dark brown. Tibiae hairy, particularly within. Underside of the tarsi 

 brown yellow. 



The golden spots, or streaks, on this insect vary very much ; in some individuals being ash-coloured, 

 some blue, and in others nearly white. The colour also of the wing-cases in some is almost black, in 

 others of a red brown. 



* The female of this insect and two other new species of Goliathus, are described by M. L. Buquet, in the Annales de la Society 

 1 ntomologique de France, for 1835 and 1836. 



t Hence I have not adopted De Lamarck's specific name Africanus, which is of course applicable to all the species. 



