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NATTTBAL IIISTOKY OF 
GOLIATH US MAGNUS. 
PLATE XVI. 
Cetonia goliata, Fair . — Cetonia Goliathus, Olivier , i. No. 
6, pi. 5, fig. 33. — Drury's Illustrations^ i. pi. 31. 
This genus, which was established by Lamarck, con- 
tains a few- very large and striking species belonging 
to the family Cetonidae. The most obvious mark 
by which it may be recognised is the anterior part 
of the head, which is dilated and divided into two 
broad divergent lobes in front, in the form of obtuse 
or truncated horns ; and there are two smaller late- 
ral ones near the middle of the head. The thorax 
approaches to orbicular, but is somewhat narrowed 
in front. Of the species represented, the only spe- 
cimen with which we are acquainted is that pre- 
served in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow. It 
was found on the west coast of Africa, and is pro- 
bably the same from which Olivier and Drury made 
their drawings. The latter states that the insect 
which he figured was found floating dead in the 
river Gaboon, opposite Prince’s Island, near the 
equinoctial line. The antennae and head are nearly 
black, but the surface of the latter is thickly cover- 
ed with whitish scales. The thorax is dark brown, 
with the sides dirty white, and five broad waved 
lines of the same colour along the disk, the two la- 
teral ones uniting with the white margin. The ely- 
