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Goliaths of the coast of Guinea and of Cape Palmas have been sold 

 to European amateurs at a modest price, thanks to those travellers 



Fig. 428. Goliathus Derbyana. 



Fig. 427. Goliathus Polyphemus. 



who, after the example of Dr. Savage, have collected them by 

 hundreds in the countries which produce them. These enormous 

 Coleoptera are seen on the coast of Guinea fluttering about at 

 the top of trees, whose flowers they are seeking after. To catch 

 them, the trees are felled, or else they are shot at with a gun 

 loaded with sand, as is also done for the humming-birds. The 

 species which Dr. Savage made common, is the Goliathus cacicus, 

 of which we represent the male and female (Figs. 428, 429) . It 

 is met with on the coast of Guinea. The Goliathus Druryi (Fig. 

 430) inhabits Sierra Leone, on the west coast of Guinea. The 

 numerous expeditions which are at the present moment being made 

 into the interior of Africa will not fail to increase the number of 

 species of these splendid insects, which are the ornament of all 

 collections. 



