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ON THE GOLIATHIDEOUS 
in the females, of almost every other Goliathideous insect; the 
anterior tibim of the males are also externally destitute of any tooth, 
and the terminal joint of the anterior male tarsi is clothed beneath 
with a pencil of hairs. The four posterior tibim are not spined in 
the centre of the outer margin in the males, but in the females each 
of them has a single strong central spine. 
Species I.— C. micans. Drurv. Viridi-nitens, capite viridi quadrato raaris Iateribus uni- 
spinosis et iu augulos obtusos nigros productis, medioque margin!a antici in cornu nigro 
porrecto recurvo apice bifido producto. Long. corp. (e cap. ad annm, testo Drurio) 
1|- unc. (teste MacL. 2a lin.). 
Syn.— Scarab, micans. Drury, vol. ii., tab. 32, fig. 3; MacL. Get. So. Afr., p. 33; Fab. 
Ent. Svst. 2, p. 126, 5 ? 
The description and figure of Drury disagree with the insect, 
now known to the majority of Entomologists under the name of 
Goliathus micans. Drury’s description of the head is <£ green and 
nearly square; the surface irregular and uneven, the corners 
pointed, forming two black obtuse angles; from the front of the 
head issues a small black and thick protuberance like a horn, that 
divides into two branches, each of which terminates in a sharp 
point.” Drury states that his specimen was received from Calabar, 
on the west coast of Africa, about 5° or 6° north latitude. In my 
priced copy of the catalogue of Drury’s collection, I find that 
lot 112, comprising “ Cetonia hamata, nitens, grandis, [torquata?] 
Scarabseus festivus, and 12 others,” -was purchased by Mr. MacLeay 
at the price of 17/. In the memoir on the Cetoniidm of South Africa, 
Mr. MacLeay, quoting only Drury under G. micans, describes the 
male and female from his cabinet thus :—“ Viridi-nitens antennis 
palpis tarsisque nigris, J clypeo Iateribus unispinosis, cornu medio 
porrecto recurvo, apice bifido; $ clypeo simplice quadrato." 
It appears to me very doubtful whether the Fabrician descrip¬ 
tion of C. micans can be. intended to apply to this species. 
Species II.—C. cavifrons, Westw., Yiridi-nitens, capite $ supra nigro ; Iateribus acute 
dilatatis parteque postica viridibus ; clypeo valde excavato, antice 3-corni cornubus laterali- 
bus brevibus truncatis ; interraedio haud recurvo apice dilatato bifido; margine anticn 
clypei in £ sub 3*sinuato. Long, corp^ (in spec, uostr. cornu clypei incluso) 1-J unc. ; 
$ JAuuc. 
Syn. — Goliathus micans , Gory and Perch6ron, Mon. des Cefc. pi. 25, fig. 2 ; Guerin, Icon. 
R. An, Ins. pi. 20, fig. 5 ; Burweister Handb. d. Eut. Laraellic 1, p. 188. 
This insect is now widely distributed in collections under the 
name of Goliathus micans, having been received from the French 
collectors at Senegal in considerable numbers. The structure of 
the head is however quite unlike that of C. micans. Mr. Strachan 
has also brought it from Sierra Leone, liis specimen being the insect 
