COPRIS MOLOSSUS. 



Plate XXXII. fig. 2. 



Order : Coleoptera. Section : Lamellicornes. Family : Searabseidae. 



Genus. Copris, Geoffroy. Scarabseus, Linn. 



CoPRis MoLOSSUS. Thorace retuso bidentato, utrinque impresso; clypeo lunato unicorni integro, elytris laevibus. 

 (Long. Corp. 2 unc.) 



Syn. Searabffiius Molossus, Linn. Syst.Nat. 1. 11. ^.643. No. 8. Fabrinus Ent. Syst. l.p. 51. JVo. 167. 

 Olivier, 1. 3. t. 5./. 37. $ . t. i.Jig. 26. Be Gear. Ins. 1. t. 32./. 2. Schonherr Syn. Ins. p. 43. 



Habitat : China. 



Entirely black. Head broad and thin, rounded in front and margined ; having a strong erect horn, 

 near half an inch long. Thorax margined, and much elevated, terminating upwards in an high ridge, 

 whose sides are furnished with two short horns, varying very much in their length (the females being 

 entirely hornless) ; it is also, as well as the head, regularly covered with innumerable small pustules, 

 which are scarce visible to the naked eye. Scutellum obsolete. Elytra margined, short, and almost 

 smooth. Femora broad, hairy, and strong. Tibiae with strong spurs. Ungues very small, scarcely 

 visible. 



PHILEURUS DIDYMUS. 



Plate XXXII. fig. 3. 



Order : Coleoptera. Section : Lamellicornes. Family : Dynastidoe. 

 Genus. Phileurus, Latreille. Geotrupes, Fabr. Scarabseus, Linn- 

 Phileurus Didymus. Depressus, thorace fossula excavatii, eapite tricuspide, elytris striatis. (Long. Corp. 



2 unc.) 

 Syn Scaraba;us Didymus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 11. p. 545 No. 19. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 1. /;. 20. No. 61. Oliv. 



Ent. 1. 3. /). 42. No. 46. t. -2. Jig. 0. Schonherr Syn. Inst. \.p. 19. No. 85. Pal. Bauv. Ins. Col. pi. 16./. 3. 



Habitat : ( ? Drury), America {Fabridus). 



Head, black, small, and triangular, having three tubercles issuing from it, of which the anterior is 

 pointed, the others blunt. Thorax black, which is the general colour of the insect, rounded, smooth, 

 and margined, having an impression in front, with a short tubercle situated on it near the edge ; from 

 whence runs a hollow groove or channel to the posterior margin. Scutellum small. Elytra shining, 

 margined and furrowed. Abdomen smooth and shining, without hair. Tibiae furnished with spines, as 

 are the first joints of the middle and posterior tarsi. 



BRACHYCERUS GLOBOSUS. 



Plate XXXII. fig. 4. 



Order: Coleoptera. Section: Rliyncophora. Family: CurculionidfE. Subfamily: Brachyeerides. 



Genus. Brachycerus. Fabr. Curculio, Linn. ^c. 



BRACHYCERUS Globosus. Ovatus niger, rostro varioloso, subcariuato, medio bifoviolato, basi bi-tuberculato, 

 thorace utrinque spinoso, quinque sulcato, postice truncato, elytris Isevibus. (Long. Corp. 9 lin.) 



Syn. Curculio Globosus, Drury, App. vol. 2. Fab^r. Syst. Eleuth. 2. 413. No. 6. Oliv. Ent. V. 82. p. 47. No. 6. 

 t. 2./. 10. Schmih. Syn. Ins. Curcul. 1. 392. No. 9. 



Habitat : Cape of Good Hope. 



