08 ORDKR rol.COPTCRA. 



>(ar;ili;«iil;»'. 



QKjn» ONTIIOPHAGIS ( Lat«.). Copbw (111 ) 

 Uociy l>r>ailly ••r»t<-,!th<>rt,ii('|>r(><«il : ]ii>l juiiit of lal>lal pnlpi cvancscrnt; cly^wus whirr 

 (hun loiiK. t'liuirgiiiiiti* ; ftcutclluui n<>m*. 



0>rii(>i-iiAi.i» iiirATi:. ( IMnte xxxi, fig. 1.) 



Hmiill : ilnrk l>ruwii, r<iv«n'<l with wliitr Ii«in», whirh give it a lurtin iii>iHarHiice. Shii-ltl 

 ri4l>i< T |M>ititr<l ami tiirii<-<i up; thorax ti-rniiiuttol in u iin>iuiii«ia iilatc, turm-d U|> at 

 ihr aiii;li*s ; I«-ps riliatcd. 



()miioi-iiac;i'» ovATi h. 

 Kathcr Miiall.o\<>i(|, brown, siiiiK>lh iilxivr ; hair-^ sparse U(><in the Ir^and bi-acalh. Shield 

 tuarkeil with tw>> ]mraUel shar]) transverse ridRca. 



GtNi» PHANiElS (Mc). 

 Ba^l iirticulntion of the InMal palj'i larger than the others, ami' dilatwl at it* internal 

 e<?>?f : M-»t«lIiini none, hut its ]>lare is oreupied l>y a small triangular extension ol 

 the thonx. Males Hirnished with tul>ercles or horns ujwn the clyi>eus,and prominences 

 ui»on the thomx. « 



PuAN.Kis cAnMKKX. ( Hl«te xii, «g. r>.) 



Rather short, wide : elytra shorter than the head and thorax; shield with a single or 



douMe proniinenrelxhind ; th<>rax rich purple green, and strongly sculpturf<l ; elytra 



rirh purple-green, punctated and ridged ; U-neath green ; upper surface of the legs 



purple. 



The males are snuiller than the fenial«-s, and the clypeus is armed with a K>ng and strong 



hyrn i->iuliiis; Imcliward* : in females, it is nien-ly n t>d>errIe,or may I >«> two close t.^ether 



The thomx of the male pres<>nts a l>n«ad, Hat, nearly stniiluuar punctate disk. Length 



seven tenths of an inch. 



Occurs rarely in tli<' xi.innv ,.t \H,.,n ■■.,!nM)..n m \[:ii\ l:i!i,l 



(Jr.si-8 APHUiDIfS ( III.). <opkis ^Ol.) ; ScABAaans ( Linn). 

 'IVrmni.ii articulation of the jinlpl cylindrical ; ninndihlcs destitute of a conui>u> I'-ali or 

 loN- ; f.rm of the UkIv gihlxius. 

 All the sjieeics of the genus Aruoiui'M live in the excrements of animal.s, where Ihej 

 occur often in great muulwrs. They ar«- small insects, about onc-fuurlii of an iuch in length, 



