
442 THE INSECT WORLD. 
Goliaths of the coast of Guinea and of Cape Palmas have been sold 
to European amateurs at a modest price, thanks to those travellers 



Fig. 426.—Goliathus Derbyana. Fig. 427.—Goliathus Polyphemus. 
who, after the example of Dr. Savage, have collected them by 
hundreds in the countries which produce them. These enormous 
Yoleoptera are seen on the coast of Guinea fluttering about at 
the top of trees, whose flowers they are seeking after. To catch 
them, the trees are felled, or else they are shot at with a gun 
loaded with sand, as is also done for the humming-birds. The 
species which Dr. Savage made common, is the Goliathus cacicus, 
of which we represent the male and female (Figs. 428, 429). It 
is met with on the coast of Guinea. The Goliathus Druryi (Fig. 
430) inhabits Sierra Leone, on the west coast of Guinea. The 
numerous expeditions which are at the present moment being made 
into the interior of Africa will not fail to increase the number of 
species of these splendid insects, which are the ornament of all 
collections. 


