Syn. Buprestis Virginiensis, Drury, App. vol. 2. Herbst. Col. ix. p. 114. 63. t. 148. f. 1.
Buprestis Virginica, Linn. (Gmel.) 1. iv. p. 1940. No. 110. Rossi (Hellw.) Fn. Etr. 1. p. 211. not.
Habitat: Virginia.
Head small and broad. Antennæ about the length of the thorax, and small. Thorax broad and rugged, having the elevated parts of a dark coppery colour; but the depressed ones lighter, covered with very small punctures, and joining close to the wing-cases. Scutellum very small and triangular. Elytra of the same colour with the thorax; the dark parts in the figure being those that lie highest. They are margined on the sides and suture, extending even with the anus; which near their edges are slightly serrated. Under side shining and coppery, but on the sides with a tincture of flesh colour. Legs the same; with two tibial spurs.
PLATE XXXI.
GOLIATHUS GIGANTEUS.
Plate [XXXI]. fig. 1.
Order: Coleoptera. Section: Lamellicornes. Family: Cetoniidæ.
Genus. Goliathus, De Lamarck. Cetonia, Oliv. Scarabæus, Linn, &c.