COLEOPTERA. 



GYMNOPLEURUS SINUATUS. 



Plate 1 . fig. 5. 



Genus. GvMxorLEuuus, Illiger. Ateuchus p. Fabriciiis. 



Cn. Sp. Gymn. clypeo emarginato, niger subcupreiis, antennarum apice flavo. Long. Corp. 

 lin. 8. 

 G. with the clypeus notched, black with a slight coppery tinge, tips of the antennae 

 yellow. Length two-thirds of an inch. 



Syn. Ateuchus sinuatus, Fabricius Syst. Eleuth. 1. p. 60. Oliv. Ins. 1. 3. tab. 10. y. 90. 



tab. ll.Jig. 189. 

 Scarabseus Leei, Donovan, \st edit. 



The Scarabseus Leei of Fabricius (to which Donovan referred the insect here figured) 

 is totally distinct, and is identical with the Scarabseus fulgidus of Olivier. The original 

 specimen, described by Fabricius, from the collection of the late Mr. Lee, is now in the 

 collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope. 



COPRIS MOLOSSUS. 



Plate 2. fig. 1. 



Genxis. Copris, Geoffroy. Scarabseus, Linnaus. 



Cii. Sp. C. niger, thorace punctatissimo, retuso, bidentato, utrinque impresso ; clypeo lunato, 

 $ unicorni iutegro, elytris Isevibus. Long. Corp. 1 unc. 4 lin. 

 C. black, thorax very much punctured, retuse in front and bidentate, with two lateral 

 impressions, clypeus lunate, the male having a single erect horn, elytra smootli. 

 Length li inch. 



Syn. Scarabaeus Molossus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. W.p. 543. No. 8. Fabricius Syst. Eleuth. 



I. p. 42. Herbst. Col. W.p. 178. t. 14. /. 1. Oliv. Ent. 3. p. 100. var. c. 

 t. 5./. 37. $. Drury Ins. PL 32./. 2. 2nd edit. p. 64. 



S. Molossus and S. Bucephalus are very common in China. The first seems a local 

 species ; the latter is said to be found in other parts of the East Indies. Olivier has 

 given three varieties of Scarabteus Molossus. The specimen figuretl in the annexed plate 

 is the va)\ c. of that author. 



The larvag of the larger kinds of coleopterous insects, abounding in unctuous moisture, 

 are not less esteemed as food among some modern nations, than they were by the epicures 

 of antiquity. In Jamaica and other islands in the West Indies, the larva of the Prioniis 

 damicornis, or Macokko beetle, is an article of lu.xurious food ; and in China many insects 

 in that state are appropriated to the same purpose. Thus, also, the Romans introduced 



