216 3TATTJBAL HISTORY OF 



GOLIATHUS MAGNUS. 



PLATE XVI. 



Cetonia goliata, Fair — Cetonia Goliathus, Olivier, i. No, 

 6, pi. 5, fig. 33 Druri/s Illustrations, i. pi. 31. 



This genus, which was established by Lamarck, con- 

 tains a few very large and striking species belonging 

 to the family Cetonidae. The most obvious mark 

 by which it may be recognised is the anterior part 

 of the head, which is dilated and divided into two 

 broad divergent lobes in front, in the form of obtuse 

 or truncated horns ; and there are two smaller late- 

 ral ones near the middle of the head. The thorax 

 approaches to orbicular, but is somewhat narrowed 

 in front. Of the species represented, the only spe- 

 cimen with which we are acquainted is that pre- 

 served in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow. It 

 was found on the west coast of Africa, and is pro- 

 bably the same from which Olivier and Drury made 

 their drawings. The latter states that the insect 

 which he figured was found floating dead in the 

 river Gaboon, opposite Prince's Island, near the 

 equinoctial line. The antennae and head are nearly 

 black, but the surface of the latter is thickly cover- 

 ed with whitish scales. The thorax is dark brown, 

 with the sides dirty white, and five broad waved 

 lines of the same colour along the disk, the two la- 

 teral ones uniting with the white margin. The ely- 



