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Pedes anteriores quatuor posticis longiores, tibiis 

 dentibus armatis, sternoque obtuso producto." To 

 this genus apparently the following species belong, 

 viz. G. Micans, Fab. & G. Daphnis & Grallii, both 

 of them in the collection of Monsieur Buquet at 

 Paris. The second genus belonging to this section 

 has for its type Goliathus Hcepfneri of De Jean, and 

 represents in the New World the group having Poly- 

 phemus as its type in the Old. I have little hesitation 

 in suggesting this insect as the type of a new genus, 

 and it is to be hoped that the Baron de Jean will 

 shortly publish the characters and name generically, 

 one of the most interesting insects figured in the 

 Monograph above alluded to. The remaining species 

 of Goliathus, which have been described by Mes- 

 sieurs Percheron and Gory as such, belong, accord- 

 ing to my views, to Cetonia, and approach Gnatho- 

 cera of Kirby, I allude to those which are named 

 G. Heros, Mellii, and Opalinus. The third insect 

 which belongs to this section is the type of a new 

 genus, named Jumnos Ruckeri, Saunders, it will 

 appear figured in the next part of the Entomological 

 Transactions. We have then three distinct genera; 

 viz. Goliathus, Dicronocephalus, and Inca, the re- 

 spective representatives of Africa, Asia, and America, 

 forming the first section, and three others, viz. Me- 

 cynorhina Polyphemus, Jumnos Ruckeri, and Golia- 



