DYNASTES SATYRUS. 



Plate XXXIV. fig. 1. S •— -• $ • 



Order : Coleoptera. Section : Lamellicornes. Family : D>TiasticlaB. 



Genus : Dynastes, Mac Leay. Geotrupes, Fabricius. Scaraboeus, Linn. Sgc. 



Dynastes Satyrus. Tliorace inerini antice truncate ; capitis coniu recurvo capite longiori $ ; clypeo tuber- 

 culato, tborace piano. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 3 lin.) 



Syn. Geotrupes Satyrus, Fubr. Syst. Eleuth. 1. 15. No. 49. 



Scarabteus S. Fabr. Spec. Ins. 1. 12. No. 42. Olicier Ent. 13. p. 39. t. 11./. 94. a. b. 

 Scarabteus Jamaicensis, Drury, App. vol. 2. Jablomhy, Nat. 5. 11. p. 83. iVb. 68. t. 9. Jig. 8. 9. (nee 

 Scar. Jainaicensis, Fabr. Oliv.) 



Habitat: New York. 



Male. Head black, and furnished with a single horn terminating in a point, and bending back- 

 wards, having in front two small protuberances ; hairv beneath. Thorax black, shining and margined : 

 the upper part elevated, and appearing almost perpendicular. Elytra margined and furrowed ; also 

 black, as is the anus. Abdomen reddish brown, with dark yellow hairs. Thighs brown, almost black ; 

 broad, strong, and hairy. Anterior tibiae deeply dentated with a strong spine at the tips, and hairy. 

 Middle tibiae strong, and very spinose; particularly at the tips, where there are two long ones on each, 

 which are likewise very hairy. Ungues very small. Scutellum triangular and small. 



Female. Resembles the male in every part but the thorax and head ; the former being quite smooth 

 and convex without any prominence, and the latter, in the room of a horn, has a small protuberance, 

 just discernible by the naked eye. 



DYNASTES ANTiEUS. 



Plate XXXIV. fig. 3. $ .—4. $ . 



Order : Coleoptera. Section : Lamellicornes. Family : Dynastidce. 



Gends. Dynastes, Mae Leay. Geotrupes, Fabricius. Searabceus, iinn. §t. 



Dynastes Ant^us. Tborace tricorni ; cornu intermertio longiori simplici, capite mutico, elytris lasvissimis. 

 (Long. Corp. fere 1 unc. 3 lin.) 



Syn. Scarabaeus Antseus, Drury, App. vol.i. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 1. p. 12. No. 31. Olivier Ent. 1. 3. 24. No. 

 23. t. 12. f. 105. ^- 1. 13./. 124. a. b. 

 Geotrupes A. Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. 1. p. 12. No. 36. Pal. Bauv. Ins. d'Afr. et d'Amer. Col. PL 1. 

 Jig. 5. 6. 



Habitat; Jamaica. 



Male. Head black, with two small protuberances like teeth in front. Thorax black, smooth, shining, 

 and margined ; having three homs on it, each of which is about a third of an inch in length ; two of 

 which are placed near the elytra, almost erect, inclining towards each other, but with their points 

 inclining to the wings ; the third arises from the front of the thorax, bending backwards in a curved 

 direction. Elytra brown, very smooth, shining, and margined. Scutellum triangular. Abdomen red, 

 brown, and hairy. Tibiae the same colour, and hairy, all of them being armed with spines, principally 

 about the tips. 



Female. Resembles the male in every respect except the horns, which are wanting in that sex. 



