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The group of the Trichides, which has in this country and in 

 France a few representatives, is very nearly the same as that of 

 the Cetonitdes. The Trichides have the elytra shorter, the abdo- 

 men bigger, and the legs more slender. The Trichius fasciatus, 



Fig. 428. Goliathus cacicus, male. 



which is black, and covered with an ashy down, with the elytra 

 yellow, and with three black bands, is to be met with in quantities 

 on the garden rose-tree, in the months of June and July. The 



