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allied to Copris Molossus, Fab. The following 

 short characters may probably be deemed sufficient, 

 as the type is well known. " Clypeus integer, seu 

 subemarginatus, cornutus, thorace retuso dentato 

 punctatissimo, fovea laterali magna Isevi nee punc- 

 tata, elytrisque minutissime rugulosis." I suggest 

 the adoption of the term Catharsius, KaOapcnoy, 

 " purgandi vim habens," or purifier, for this sub- 

 genus, which well expresses the benefit derived 

 from these scavengers of warm and tropical regions. 

 To it belong Copris Ursus of Fabricius, Achates of 

 Olivier, Sagax of Schbnherr and Cop. Olivieri, and 

 Asrael of Kirby. 



Sp. 9. Typhceus Dr. Leach in the Edinburgh 



Encyclopaedia (1812) gave to this section of Co- 

 prida3 the term Typhseus as a generic name, and 

 to the species the name of Vulgaris. Dr. Fischer 

 more recently published it under the name of Cera- 

 tophyus. G. dispar and Momus of Fabricius, as 

 well as Monoceros of Dahl, inermis of Marsham, 

 and subarmatus of De Jean, belong to this genus. 

 The latter species is probably only a variety of 

 inermis. 



Sp. 12. Bilohus. — In the Continental cabinets two 

 species closely allied to Bilobus are not unfrequently 

 met with. 



