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ON THE CETONIID^ OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



Sp. (Cetoninus) Goliathus splendens, n. s. 



Descr. Goliathus viridi-nitens, tliorace punctis duobus caeruleis, elytris vix striatis linea obliqua 

 humerali caerulea. 



$ Clypeo lateribus bispinosis, cornu medio porrecto reciirvo apice bifido. 

 9 Incognita. 



Long. corp. 24 lines. 



The male is in my cabinet. It is a species that comes very close to G. micans, and belongs 

 to the same sub-section. Mr. Hope has given the name Dicronorhina to this sub- 

 section ; but for such minute groupes as the present, generic names are useless. Our grand 

 object ought to be to demonstrate their affinities. 



Sp. (Cetoninus) Goliathus Grallii, Buquet. 



Descr. Goliathus viridi-micans, elytris flavo-circumdatis. 



$ Capite tricorni, clypei cornu medio porrecto recurvo ad basin brtinneo, caule rufo bifido 



ramis divergentibus extus arcviatis reflexis apicibus dentatis. 

 $ Incognita. 



Goliathus Grallii, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. vol. vi. p. 201. tab. 5. fig. 3. 

 Long. corp. 15 lines. 



Note. This species I only know frotti the above description and figure of M. Buquet, who says that it 

 was brought, as he believes, from "Western Africa. 



Sp. 20. (Cetoninus) Goliathus Smithii, n. s. 



Descr. Goliathus vertice thorace scutelloque viridi-olivaceis, elytris testaceis sutura margine 

 maculisque duabus humeralibus duabus apicalibus abdoniinisque lateribus nigris ; corpore 

 infra ano pedibusqtie rufis, femoribus anticis intus hirsutie obtectis. 

 $ Capite tricorni, clypei cornu medio porrecto recurvo rufo apice bifido, ramis divergentibus 

 rectis. 



$ Capite quadrato simplice, clypeo rufo. 



Long. corp. 16 lines. 



Note. This elegant species is now for the first time introduced to the notice of entomologists. Dr. 

 Smith discovered it near the Tropic of Capricorn, and I have given it his name, as being that of a 

 naturahst to whom every department of Zoology is most deeply indebted- 



Sp. (Cetoninus) Goliathus Daphnis, Buquet. 



Descr. Goliathus vertice thorace scutelloque viridi-micantibus, elytris aurantiis sutura viridi 

 margine maculisque duabus humeralibus duabus apicalibus nigris, corpore infra femoribusque 

 viridibus, tibiis brunneis, tar sis nigris. 

 $ Capite tricorni, clypei cornu medio brunneo porrecto recurvo bifido ramis extus arcuatis, 

 ? Capite quadrato clypeo viridi. 



Goliathus Daphnis, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. vol. iv. p. 136. tab. 2. fig. 3-4. 

 Long. corp. 14 lines. 



Note. This species is a native of Senegal, and I only know it from the above description and figure. 



Sp. (Cetoninus) Goliathus quadrimaculatus, Oliv. 



Descr. Goliathus capite lato quadrato, thorace scutello corporeque subtus viridi- nitentibus, 

 clypeo elytris femoribusque supra viridibus fulvo-micantibus, elytris macuUs duabus hume- 

 ralibus duabusque apicalibus nigris, pygidio fulvo. 



