THE 
FORK-HEADED BEETLE. 
Generic Character . 
Antenna divided at the tip, or head, into feveral 
lamelke. 
Tibia, or fecond joints of the fore-legs, generally 
toothed. 
Specific Character. 
BEETLE with plain thorax ftriped with black, 
and forked head. 
The Scarabsus Goliatus, one of the rareft of its 
genus, is a native of Africa, and is principally found 
in Guinea. It is a fpecies which varies much in colour; 
fome fpecimens having the thorax rofe colour, ftriped 
with black, and deep-ferruginous or purple-brown 
elytra, or wing-cafes, while in other fpecimens both 
thorax and elytra are of a dull yellowifh white, or cream- 
colour, ftriped and varied with black. This curious 
infed was firft figured in the elegant work of Mr. 
Drury. 
