According to Mr. Smeathman, this beetle frequently settles on the thatch of houses, whence he is of opinion, that it is fond of dried palm leaves, "where it deposits its eggs." Afzelius however, who subsequently studied the Entomology and Botany of Sierra Leone with great attention, says, "Inveni hanc speciem in Sierra Leona mensibus Aprilis et præcipue Majo copiose in Cassia rugosa, mihi, et in foliis Ficus oblongæ, mihi. Eam in Jatropha Curcas (non autem Gorcas, ut ait Fabricius) nunquam observare licuit. Mas abdomine subtus medio sulcato, femina medio convexo." (Schonh. Syn. Ins. iii. p. 128.) {62}MELOLONTHA OCCIDENTALIS. Plate XXXII. fig. 2. ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Melonthidæ, _MacLeay_. GENUS. MELOLONTHA, _Fabricius, &c._ Scarabæus P. _Linnæus_. MELOLONTHA OCCIDENTALIS. Testaceus, thorace pubescente, elytris lineis quatuor parallelis, albis. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 1½ lin.) SYN. Scarabæus occidentalis, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. 11. _p._ 555. 62. _Herbst. Col._ III. _p._ 72. 19. _t._ 23. _f._ 8. _Sch. Syn. Ins._ 3. 169. 16. (Melolontha occ.) (Excl. Syn. _Fabricius_.) _De Jean Cat. Col. Ed._ 2. _p._ 159. HABITAT: Jamaica (_Drury_). Carolina (_Linn._). Head red brown, squarish, and margined, covered with short grey hairs. Thorax red brown, covered with short grey hairs, and with a white streak crossing it in the middle. Scutellum small, white, and triangular. Elytra red brown and margined, each being marked with three longitudinal white lines; one placed near the lateral margin, the other two in the middle. Suture white. Anus extending beyond the wing cases. Abdomen red brown, with grey rings. Legs red brown. The anterior tibiæ are furnished with three spurs, one sharp and small, the others thick and blunt. The other tibiæ are furnished with two sharp spurs. Ungues having an immoveable smaller one between them, and also two small spines, like hairs, springing from its root or base. GOLIATHUS MICANS. Plate XXXII. fig. 3. ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Cetoniidæ. GENUS. GOLIATHUS, _de Lamarck_. Cetonia P. _Fabr._ Scarabæus P. _Drury_. GOLIATHUS MICANS. Viridis nitens, clypeo porrecto recurvo bifido, tibiis anticis internè serratis. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 9 lin.) SYN. Scarabæus Micans, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. _Fabr. Syst. Ent. p._ 42. _No._ 1. (Cetonia m.) _Syst. El._ II. _p._ 136. 6. _Oliv. Ent._ 1. 6. _t._ 1. _f._ 2. _a. b. Herbst. Col._ III. _p._ 201. 3. _t._ 28. _f._ 3. _Guérin. Icon. R. An. Ins._ _pl._ 26. _f._ 5. _Gory & Percheron Mon. Ceton. pl._ 25. _f._ 1. HABITAT: Calabar, on the West Coast of Africa, about 5 or 6° North Lat. (_Drury_). Senegal (_Gory_).