ON THE CETONIIDiE OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
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Sp. 20. (Cetoninus) Goliatlius torquatus, Drury. 
Descr. Goliathus velutino-viridis ; vertice, thoracis margino antico, vittis duabus triangularibus 
anticis abbreviatis, elytrorum lincis duabus marginalibus interruptis maculisque octo sutura- 
libus albesccntibus, pygidio viridi maculis duabus albis, corpore infra viridicupreo, tarsis nigris. 
$ Capite albo, clypei cornu simplice porrecto subrecurvo apice acuto. 
$ Clypeo quadrato simplice. 
Scarabams torquatus , Drury, III. p. 60. tab. 44. fig. 1. 
Cetonia collaris, Schonnherr, Syn. Ins. 1. 3. p. 127. 36. 
Long. 32. lines. 
Note. The original specimen was a female badly described and figured by Drury. It is now in my 
cabinet. Drury says that it was received from Sierra Leone. Within these few days Mr. Strachan has 
brought the male from that colony. It differs from all the other known males of Goliathus in not having 
the horn of the clypeus bifid. I am ignorant of the grounds upon which Schonnherr assumed the right to 
change Drury’s unobjectionable specific name. 
Sp. (Cetoninus) Goliathus Polyphemus, Fab. 
Descr. Goliathus velutino-viridis, thorace quinque-lineato linea media abbreviate, elytris maculis 
albis seriatim dispositis. 
$ Capite tricorni cornu medio porrecto apice bifido 
9 Incognita. 
Cetonia Polyphemus , Oliv. Ins. tab. 8. fig. 61. 
Long. 30 lines. 
Note. An unique specimen of this rare and valuable insect was for many years the chief ornament of 
the Entomological Cabinet bequeathed by the late Sir Joseph Banks to the Linnean Society. It was the 
male described by Fabricius and figured by Olivier. This specimen however appears to have been stolen 
since the insects of the Banksian Cabinet were arranged in 1826 by the late Messrs. Bennett and 
Haworth. MM. Gory and Percherou state that their figure of the male is from a specimen in their pos- 
session. The above description of the species is compiled from the works of Fabricius, Olivier, and Gory. 
There appears however to be more than one specimen known, for Mr. Melly of Liverpool assures me that 
an insect of this species was lately exhibited for sale at Glasgow, and purchased by Sir William Hooker 
the Professor of Botany. Mr. Hope, however, is of opinion that Sir W . Hooker’s species is different. 
Perhaps it is the male of G. torquatus. The above two normal sub-sections differ from the following 
aberrant sub-sections in not having the vitreous lustre of these last, but on the contrary, having a 
velvetty aspect. 
Sp. (Cetoninus) Goliathus micans, Drury. 
Descr. Goliathus viridi-nitens, antennis palpis tarsisque nigris. 
$ Clypeo lateribus unispinosis, cornu medio porrecto recurvo apice bifido. 
9 Clypeo simplice quadrato. 
Scarabams micans, Drury, II. p. 59. tab. 32. fig. 3. 
Long. 25 lines. 
Note. Both male and female are in my cabinet. I may here observe that the species is truly African, 
and that in Mr. Kirby’s Introduction to Entomology, 2d edit. vol. iv. p. 506, G. micans is erroneously 
mentioned in place of G. Inca . — I have lately seen another species of the same sub-section larger than 
this, in the possession of Mr. Strachan who brought it from Sierra Leone. It is quite new, and differs 
from Goliathus micans in a broader form and in the clypeus being entirely black. The horn of the male is 
also quite different, approaching more closely to that of a Coryphe. I believe that gentleman intends to 
describe it. 
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