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The Rev. F. W. Hope’s Remarks 
these winged specimens for that memoir, in which figures shall 
be given of them which will enable the Society to form a better 
judgment upon the question. 
The following are the descriptions of the two insects which I 
have hitherto regarded as the males of this genus. 
Species 13. Scleroderma 1 ? ?) fuscicornis. 
PI. XV. Fig. 12. 12 a, antenna, the last joint broken off. 
Fulva; antennis (nisi articulis basalibus fulvis) fuscis ; alis hya- 
linis, nubila pone medium, transversa obscura ; oculis cum 
regione ocellorum nigris ; antennarum articulis subquadratis ; 
pedibus fulvo -luteis. 
Long. corp. f lin. Expans. alar. lin. lg. 
Habitat in Gallia meridionali. 
In Mus. nostr. Communicat. Dom. Boyer de Fonscolombe. 
Species 14. Scleroderma? (<£ ?) fulvicornis. 
Rufescenti-fusca, collare antice et basi abdominis pallidioribus ; 
alis pallide liyalinis, nubila transversa pone medium obscura ; 
antennis pedibusque pallide rufescenti-fuscis, antennarum arti- 
culis apicalibus oblongis, pilosis. 
Long. corp. lin. 1 (fere). Expans. alar. lin. If. 
Habitat Berolini. D. Klug. 
In Mus. Reg. Berol. 
XXXIII. On the Notions entertained respecting the 
Emblem Scar abceus. By the Rev. F. W. Hope, M. A. s 
E.R.S. 
[Read May 1, 1837.] 
In Fosbroke’s Encyclopedia of Antiquities, there is a short 
abstract of the opinions of authors respecting the Scarabeus, 
where he states as follows. The Egyptians worshipped this 
insect, and made it the symbol, — 
1st. Of the world, because it rolled its excrements into a globe. 
2dly. Of generation, because it buried the bowls in which it 
included its eggs. 
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3dly. Of an only son, because they believed every beetle was 
male and female. 
4thly. Of valour and manly power, while they forced all 
soldiers to wear a ring on which a beetle was engraved : i. e. an 
animal perpetually in armour, who went his rounds during the 
night. 
