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OEDEK—COLEOPTERXV. SECTION—PENTAMERA.
GENUS—GOLIATHUS. Lamarck.
SPECIES 1—GOLIATHUS ALBOSIGNATUS. (Mas.)
PLATE I, FIA. 2.
Castaneo-nig-er, velutiuus; capite supra, pronoti lateribns lineisque quinqué longitudinalibus, elytrorum
lateribus striolisque numerosis transversis irreg'ularibus, mavgaritaoeo-albis; capite antice iu mare 4-fnreato
eoruuque porrecto bifido, parum recurvo, apicibus cormi oblique truncatis; corpore infra, pedibusquc oastaneonig
ris, nitidis, ceneo parirm tinctis ; tibiis 4 posticis pallide rufo-setosis.
Long. corp. (cum cornu capitis maris) unc. 2-|.
H a b i t a t ; Africa, prope oppidum Tete collibus Kebrabassa dictis. In Mus. Britann., Turner, et líolmia?.
SY:N. : Goliatlms albosignatas. Boliemau, Insecta Caffrarice, pars ii. p. lo (1S57).
Goliathns Kirhianus. G. K. Gray, Proceed. Zool. Soe. Loud. Jan. 26, 1864.
Prom a sketcli which I made of the type specimen of G. aliodgnatus of Boheman in the Stockholm
Museum, I am able to state its identity with Dr. Kirk's insect, the frontal horns in the former specimen
having been broken otf by a gun-shot, the specimen having been fired at whilst flying-. I am indebted to
Dr. Xirk for the following note on the locality of his specimen now in the British Museum.
' The Goliath was foimd under exceptional circumstances in an out of the way place not likely to be visited
by white men for some time again. It was in exploring Kebrabassa, in which trip, except Dr. Livingstone and
myself, every man on the expedition was done up and turned ; and he says that this was the worst journey he
ever had in his life. The season was November, just before the rains had set in, although the first showers had
fallen. The beast was crawling on the rocky ground among the few inches of parched grass-stalks which
remained. Thus I did not find it in its native habitat. I think it ought certainly to be found along the slopes
near where the Mission was. There the climate is nearer to what it was where I got the insect than anywhere
else : high hiUs of schist rock barely wooded, damp at one season and dry at another. The vegetation is nearly
the same, but Kebrabassa has some features slightly distinct.'
The head of the male, seen laterally, is represented in fig. 2 a, the maxilla of the same sex at fig. 2Ä,
shewing the unarmed mando and the obtusely bidentate galea, and the broad mentum, deeply notched in the
porrected middle of the anterior margin, at fig. 3 c.
The specimen figm-ed is contained in the CoUection of the late J. Aspinal Turner, Esq., of Manchester.
SPECIES 2—GOLIATHUS HIGGINII. Westw.
PLATE II, FIG. 7.
Totus niger, capite et elytris subopacis, prothoraee sub-heptagono, ante medium depresso, tubérculo parvo
in medio marginis antici, disco glabro punctatissimo; elytris parum rugosis; seutello glabro basi punotato;
pedibus erassis, tibiis anticis extus 3-dentatis, 4 posticis prope medium extus spiuula, basique serrulatis, iutus
nigro setosis; pyg-idio piceo setoso. (Fcem.)
Long. corp. unc. If.
Habitat; Africa tropicalis. In Mus. D. Higgins.
The male of this small but distinct Goliathus is still unknown. One of the maxillie of the female is represented
in fig. 7 h, shewing the acute apical spine of the mando, and the two deflexed teeth of the galea; and
the mentum in fig. 7 a. The latter is contracted at the base, and has the fore margin slightly produced in
the middle and not at all incised in the centre. This peculiarity may possibly indicate other peculiar characteristics
in the male, which may render it necessary to separate it subgenerically from Goliathus proper, when it
shall be discovered.
G O L I A T H U S (SUBGENUS GOLIATHINUS. Westw.).
Mas. Caput latius, antice 4-dentatum, cornu frontali apice bifido armatum, maxilla; maudone in spinam
acutam terminate; galea obtuse bidentata. Tibise anticte dente ini'ra apicem extus armatre, margine interno
i n e n n i ; tibi» 4 posteriores dentículo parvo mediano instructa; basique externe subserrata;, intus setosíe.
Pcemina. Tibian antic® extus 3-dentatffi.
FAMILY—CETONIIDIE. SITB-FAMILT—GOLIATHIDES.
SPECIES 3—GOLIATHUS (GOLIATHINÜS) RORÜRASSINII. (Mas.)
PLATE I, FIG. 1.
Niger, capite et pronoto crebre punetatissimis, hujus lateribus striolisque quinqué longitudinalibus luteofulvis
; elytris guttis numerosissimis irregularibus luteo-fulvis uotatis ; seutello et capite nigris, hoc cornu
frontali sat gracili, ca,pitis longitudine, apice furcato armato ; tibiis 4 posticis iutus nigro-setosis.
Long. corp. maris (cum cornu capitis) une. IJ.
Habitat ; apud Zambesi. Mas in Mus. Turner. (Dr. Kirk.)
STN. ; Goliatlms Fornassinii. Bertolini, Prodotti del Mozambico, Diss. IV, p. 5, 1853.
Fcem. Tliomsou, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 3rd Ser. torn. iv. 1856, pi. VII, fig. i.
The head and pronotum of the male (now, for the first time, figured) are glossy black and thickly but
finely punctured ; the elytra are black but not glossy, and but slightly punctured. The small spots on the
elytra form about five longitudinal irregular rows on each side of the suture ; they are more irregularly dispersed
towards the lateral margins, where they occasionally form short transverse stripes. The abdominal
segments are not longitudinally impressed along the middle of the ventral surface ; the body beneath is black,
glossy, and very slightly punctured.
One of the maxilla; of the male is represented in fig. I a, and the mentum in fig. 1 i.
G E N U S — M E G A L O E H I N A . Westw.
SPECIES UNICA—MEGALOEHINA HAEEISII. Westw.
PLATE I, Fio. 6.
Freni. Bronzeo-viridis opaca, capite antiee luteo, margine antico parum emarginato, disco glabro, punetato
; pronoti marginibus lateralibus angustis et elytrorum basi strida obliqua luteo-fulvis guttisque numerosis
ejusdem eoloris in lineis quinqué longitudinalibus dispositis ; oorpore infra viridi, polito, cupreo luteoque tineto
prffisertim iu pedibus et segmentis ventralibus ; podice obscure viridi, opaco, maculis duabus magnis fulvis
ornato ; tarsis quatuor antieis nigris, duobus posticis Mvis.
Long. corp. fo3m. une. lyñ.
Habitat ; Guinea, Grand Bassan. Mas in Mus. Hopeiano Oxonia;. Foìm. in Mus. Mniszeoh et Swanzy.
The male of this beautiful species was first described and figured by myself in the Transactions of the
Entomological Society of London, 1st Ser. vol. v. p. 20, pi. I, fig. 2, from an unique specimen in the Hopeian
Collection.
The female is now, for the first time, described and figured. It has the fore tibia; armed externally with
three acute teeth, and each of the four posterior tibia; is armed with a spine a little beyond the middle. The
maxilla is terminated by an acute galea, strongly setose above, and the mando by a very sharp spine. (Fig. 6 a.)
GENUS NOVUM—ASTHENOEHELLA. Westw.
Mas. Caput parte antica ovali, parum convexa, lateribus elevatis, angulis duobus antieis in tubercula duo
frontalia productís : maxilla; (pi. I, fig. 5 a) mandone quadrato inermi ; galea parva conica apice acuto, longe setosa.
Mentum (pi. I, fig. 5 h) oblongum, lateribus in medio, pro receptione palporum, emarginatis, margineque antico
profunde cxcavato. Protborax transversus antíee angustior, lateribus rotundatis nec in medio angulatis, angulis
posticis rotundis, dorso punctate. Elytra punctata, pnnctis in striolas longitudinales triplici serie bis dispositis.
Mesosternum antiee porrectum. Femora antica crassa versus apicem incisione profunda instructa; tibia; antica;
extus sub-tridentata;, tibia; 4 postica; pone medium extus dentículo parvo armata;. Abdomen infra ad basin
impressione lata longitudinali distinetum.
Asthenorhina; próxima; difl;ert clypeo bituberculato, prothoracis lateribus rotundatís, elytris punctatis,
tibiisque anticis obtuse tridentatis nec pone medium attenuatis.
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