42 COLEOPTERA. 



species of Goliathus, Lam., measure upwards of four inches in 

 length, and two in breadth. They are exclusively found in 

 tropical Africa. Many smaller species allied to Goliathus inhabit 

 the same country. The genus Ceratorrhina, Westw., includes 

 green species, frequently, spotted with white, several of which 

 have short projections on the head, the most remarkable of 

 which is perhaps C. Harrisii, Westw., a native of Guinea. 

 Heterorrhina, Westw., is a genus allied to the last, which is repre- 

 sented by numerous species, both in Africa and in the East 

 Indies. Rhomborrhina, Hope, is another East Indian genus. 

 R. Roylii, Hope, which is found in Cashmere, is greenish black, 

 with luteous spots on the elytra. 



Our common English Rose Chafer (Cetonia Aurata, Linn.) is a 

 beautiful metallic -green beetle, with white markings on the 

 elytra, and brassy beneath. It is rather more than half an inch 

 in length, and of a slightly oval shape. It is often found nestling 

 in roses, whence its name, but it is just as fond of thistle, elder, 

 and other flowers. This insect is said to be a specific against 

 hydrophobia. Oxythyrea Stictica, Linn., a rather smaller insect, 

 which is rare in England, is of a bronzy black, spotted with 

 white. Among foreign species, Cetonia Marginata, Drury, a West 

 African beetle, rather more than an inch long, is remarkable for 

 its colour, being of a velvety black, with a broad orange border 

 extending around the whole insect. Clinteria Hilaris, Burm., is a 

 handsome black East Indian beetle, with yellow spots. Inca 

 Clathratus, Oliv., is a large black white-speckled beetle, with white 

 or pale yellow lines on the head and thorax, and three stout teeth on 

 the outside of the front tibiae. It is found in tropical America, and 

 is remarkable for two long thick diverging prominences on the head. 



Trichius, Fabr., the last genus which we propose to mention, is 

 very downy, and the elytra are much wider than the thorax. 

 T. Fasciatus, Fabr., is black, with reddish-yellow markings on the 

 elytra ; it is found on thistles, etc., like the species of Cetonia. 



SECTION VI. STERNOXI. 



Tarsi five-jointed ; antennae very rarely clubbed, but generally 

 pectinated or serrated; prosternum oval, dilated in front, and 

 frequently produced into a point behind; body hard, generally 

 long and narrow; elytra covering the abdomen; exclusively 

 vegetable feeders. 



