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  Mr. 
  G. 
  J. 
  Arrow 
  on 
  Lamellicorn 
  Beetles 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hirase 
  informs 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  specimen 
  which 
  he 
  sent 
  

   me 
  came 
  from 
  Yanohe, 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Mutsu. 
  This 
  forms 
  

   the 
  northern 
  end 
  of 
  Hondo, 
  the 
  main 
  island 
  of 
  Japan, 
  and 
  is 
  

   not 
  far 
  from 
  Hakodate, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  port 
  near 
  the 
  southern 
  end 
  

   of 
  the 
  North 
  Island 
  (Hokkaido). 
  The 
  locality 
  is 
  therefore 
  

   near 
  that 
  given 
  by 
  Gould. 
  

  

  EXPLANATION 
  OF 
  PLATE 
  IV. 
  

  

  Venus 
  stimpsoni, 
  nat. 
  size. 
  

  

  XV. 
  — 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Lamellicorn 
  Beetles 
  of 
  the 
  Genus 
  Golofa, 
  

   with 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  Three 
  new 
  Species. 
  By 
  Gilbert 
  J. 
  

   Arrow. 
  

  

  (Published 
  by 
  permission 
  of 
  the 
  Trustees 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum.) 
  

  

  Amongst 
  the 
  most 
  remarkable 
  and 
  fantastic 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  

   Dynastinae, 
  if 
  not 
  of 
  all 
  insects, 
  are 
  the 
  large 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  

   genus 
  Golofa. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  is 
  now 
  

   fairly 
  considerable, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  extremely 
  close 
  and 
  difficult 
  

   to 
  discriminate, 
  especially 
  when 
  not 
  at 
  their 
  maximum 
  

   development. 
  Their 
  nomenclature 
  is 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  greatest 
  

   confusion, 
  the 
  figures 
  and 
  descriptions 
  of 
  the 
  ancient 
  authors 
  

   being 
  invariably 
  insufficient 
  for 
  exact 
  determination. 
  Most 
  

   of 
  the 
  originals 
  of 
  these 
  have 
  vanished, 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  carefully 
  

   examined 
  such 
  types 
  as 
  are 
  available 
  in 
  the 
  endeavour 
  to 
  

   settle 
  the 
  synonymy 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  possible. 
  

  

  The 
  first-described 
  species, 
  Golofa 
  claviger, 
  Linn., 
  was 
  

   based 
  upon 
  Martinet's 
  figure 
  in 
  the 
  very 
  rare 
  ' 
  Planches 
  

   Enluminees 
  ' 
  of 
  D'Aubentou, 
  and 
  another 
  in 
  Voet's 
  ' 
  Cata- 
  

   logus 
  Systematicus 
  Coleopterorum/ 
  both 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  

   quite 
  inaccurately 
  cited 
  by 
  Linnaeus, 
  whose 
  own 
  copies 
  of 
  

   these 
  works 
  (the 
  first 
  a 
  portion 
  only 
  with 
  a 
  titlepage 
  supplied 
  

   by 
  himself) 
  I 
  have 
  examined 
  in 
  the 
  Linnean 
  Society's 
  

   Library. 
  These 
  figures 
  seem 
  to 
  represent 
  the 
  Mexican 
  

   G. 
  pizarro 
  of 
  Hope 
  or 
  the 
  closely 
  similar 
  S. 
  American 
  

   form, 
  while 
  a 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  Linnean 
  Collection 
  belongs 
  

   to 
  the 
  West 
  Indian 
  (St. 
  Vincent) 
  species 
  G 
  guildinii, 
  Hope. 
  

   The 
  elytra 
  of 
  this 
  specimen 
  are 
  black 
  instead 
  of 
  red, 
  as 
  

   described 
  by 
  Linnaeus, 
  but 
  as 
  it 
  bears 
  no 
  label 
  at 
  all 
  there 
  is 
  

   no 
  proof 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  collection 
  in 
  later 
  

   vears, 
  like 
  so 
  many 
  others 
  there. 
  As 
  the 
  authors 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  

   figures 
  mentioned, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  Linnaeus 
  himself, 
  were 
  ignorant 
  

   of 
  the 
  habitat, 
  it 
  seems 
  impossible 
  to 
  fix 
  the 
  species 
  except 
  

  

  