This genus comprehends some of the largest 

 insects of the order Coleoptera, and, amongst 

 others, the noble species known by the name of 

 S. Hercules^ of which the truly absurd story has 

 been related of its clasping a branch of a tree 

 between the corneous projections of the head and 

 thorax, and, by flying round the limb thus in- 

 cluded, finally succeeds in separating it from 

 the tree ; and that the insect then becoming 

 inebriated with the fluid that exudes from the 

 wound, falls apparently lifeless to the ground. 



SCARAB^US TITYUS. Linn. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Thorax three-horned, the lateral ones short, 

 subulate, middle one bearded with yellow hair 

 beneath, projected forwards, and bifid at tip ; 

 horn of the head recurved, subemarginate on the 

 back near the tip. 



PLATE IV. 



