MELOLONTHA OCCIDENTALIS. 



Plate XXXII. fig. 2. 



Order : Coleoptera. Section : Lamellicornes. Family : Melonthidse, Mac Leay. 



Gends. Melolontha, J'aSriciiW, §-c. Scarabteus p. imnteu*. 



Melolontha OCCIDENTALIS. Testaceus, tborace pubescente, elytris lineis quatuor parallelis, albis. (Long. 



Corp. 1 unc. IJ lin) 

 Syn. ScarabEEusoccidentalis, iinn. S//si.iVra*. 1. n. p. 555. 62. fferftsi. Co/. 111. />. 72. 19. <. 23./. 8. Sch. 



Stj7i. Ins. 3.160. 16. (Melolontha ocfi.) (Excl. Syn. Fabricius.) Be Jean Cat. Col. Ed. % p. 139. 

 Habitat : Jamaica (Drury). Carolina {Linn.). 



Head red brown, squarish, and margined, covered with short grey hairs. Thorax red brown, covered 

 with short grey hairs, and with a white streak crossing it in the middle. Scutellum small, white, and 

 triangular. Elytra red brown and margined, each being marked with three longitudinal white lines ; one 

 placed near the lateral margin, the other two in the middle. Suture white. Anus extending beyond 

 the wing cases. Abdomen red brown, with grey rings. Legs red brown. The anterior tibiae are fur- 

 nished with three spurs, one sharp and small, the others thick and blunt. The other tibiae are furnished 

 with two sharp spurs. Ungues having an immoveable smaller one between them, and also two small 

 spines, like hairs, springing from its root or base. 



GOLIATHUS MICANS. 



Plate XXXII. fig. 3. 



Order: Coleoptera. Section: Lamellicornes. Family: Cetoniidee. 



Genus. Goliathcs, De Lamarek. Cetonia p. iv«6r. Scarabseusp. Drury. 



GoLiATHUS MicANS. Viridis nitens, clypeo porrecto recurve bifido, tibiis anticis interne serratis. (Long. Corp. 

 1 mic. 9 lin.) 



Syn. Scarabaeus Micans, I>ru;7/, ^;j;j. I'oZ. 2. Fair. Syst. Ent. p.i'i. No.l. (Cetonia m.) Syst. El. \\.p.'\3G. 

 6. Olw.Ent.l.e.t.l.f.2.a.b. Herbst. Col. 111. p. 201.3. t. 2a. f.3. Guinn. Icon. R. An. Ins. 

 pi. 26./. 5. Gory ^- Percheron Mon. Ceton.pl. 25./. 1. 



Habitat : Calabar, on the West Coast of Africa, about 5 or 6° North Lat. {Drury). Senegal (Gory). 



Head green and nearly square ; the surface irregular and uneven. The corners are pointed, forming 

 two black obtuse angles. From the front of the head issues a small black and thick protuberance, like 

 a hern, that divides into two branches, each of which terminates in a sharp point. All the remaining 

 parts, except the tarsi, are of a fine lively green, differing in shades according to the manner in which it 

 is held to the light ; and appearing to be so highly polished, that the colour seems reflected from a part 

 beneath the surface. Scutellum large and triangular. Sternum small. Abdominal scales small and 

 close. The fore legs are very long and slender, the tibiae being dentated. Elytra having two small 

 swellings near their extremities, and furnished at the suture with two short thick spines; the anus 

 extending beyond them. Anterior tarsi having a small tuft of brown hair placed on the last joints, next 

 the ungues. 



