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its uiargin is interrupted by two smaller impressions, forming an appearance like a square escutcheon. 

 Elytra as long as the thorax, margined, and deeply furrowed, scarcely reaching to the anus. General 

 colour above black or raven grey, but not shining. Thighs very strong, black, and broad. Anterior 

 tibia? strong, with three teeth and a spine. Tarsi and ungues very small. Middle and hinder tibiae 

 ^all at the base, but broad and thick with strong spines at the tips. Scutellum obsolete. 



COPRIS CAROLINA. 



Plate XXXV. fig. 2. 



Ordeh Coleoptera. Section : Lamellicornes. Family : Scarabseidse. 



Genus, copkis, Geqff'roy. Scarabaeus, Linn. 



COPKIS Carolina. Thorace retuso binorti, capitis cornu erecto brevissimo, cljpeo integro, elytris siilcatis. (Long. 



Corp. circ. 1 unc.) 

 Syn. Scarabaeus Carolinus, iwm. 5i/«<. Nat.l. 11.545. iVo. 16. Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. \. p. 43. No. 60. (CoprisC.) 



Oliv. Ent. 1. 3. p. 134. No. 160. t. 13./. 113. Be Geer Ins. 4. p. 310. t. 18. /. 13. Pal. Ham: 7ns. 



d'Avier. et iVAfr. Col.pl.3. a./. 7. 

 Habitat: Maryland, New York. 



Head broad and thin, not haiiy underneath. Near the front is a thick tubercle (not rising to an 

 horn, as in Fig. I.) projecting forward, being in some specimens (probably females) very small. Thorax 

 margined, lying veiy high above the head, having protuberances in front, which in some are very faint, 

 and with a small impression on each side near the margin on the lower part. Elytra longer than the 

 thorax, margined and furrowed, (but not so deeply as in Fig. I.), and reaching to the anus. General 

 colour deep black, and shining like pitch, both on the upper and under sides. Thighs very strong, not 

 hairy. The anterior tibiae strong, with four teeth, and a strong spine to each. The tarsi and ungues 

 very small. The other tibiae are like those in the preceding figure. Scutellum obsolete. 



PHAN^US CARNIFEX. 



Plate XXXV. fig. 3. 4. $ .—5. J • 



Order : Coleoptera. Section : Lampllicomes. Family : ScarabaBidiE. 



Genus. PHXttMVs, Mac Leay. Copris, Fabr. Scaraboeus, imn. 



Phan.i;us Carnipex. Thorace mutico angulato postiee igneo-cupreo, capitis cornu longoreflexo, corpore aeneo, 

 (Long. Corp. 8—10! ijn.) 



Syn. Scarabaeus Carnifcx, Limi. Syst. Nat. 1.11. p. 546. No. 22. Fab. Syst. Eleuth. 1. 48. 84. Olir. Ent. 1.3. 

 p 135. No. 101. t. 6./ 46. a. b. t. 10./. 86.var. $ . Brown Jamaica, 428. t. 43./ 5. Pal. Bauv. 

 Ins. d'Afr. et d'Amer. Col. pi. 3. a./. 8. 9. Mac Leay Horie Entomol. vol. 1. Phanaeus C. 

 Scarabaeus Pillularius Americanus, Catesby Carolina, 3. p. 11. tab. 11. 



Habitat: New Yorlc, Maryland, Virginia, Carolina, &c. 



There is no doubt that all these figures belong to one species; though differing, not only in size, but 

 structure. Antennae light red brown. Head thin, rounded, margined, and of a green golden colour ; 

 some (which are evidently males) being furnished with a smooth, round, black horn, almost as long 

 as the thorax, and inclining backwards ; others have only a small tubercle in the place of the horn ; and 

 others have a small horn, about one-fourth the length of the first mentioned, as in Fig. IV. Thorax 



