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and extending to the anus, having a double margin on the sides. Anterior tibiae as long as the thorax, 

 and remarkable for not having any tarsi, but being bent inwards at their extremities and dentated on 

 their outer sides. Middle femora very broad and flat. Tibiae short, very narrow, and small at their base, 

 but broad at the tips. Hinder thighs and tibiae not so broad as the middle ones. Tarsi five-jointed. 



DYNASTES CENTAURUS. 



Plate XXXVI. fig. 1. 



Okder : Coleoptera. Section: Lamellicornes. Family: Dynaslidss, Mac Leay. 



Genus. Dynastes, Mac Leay. Geotrupee, Fabr. Scarabaaiis, Linn. Latr. 



Dynastes Centaurus. Thoracis cornu incuryo basi dentato apicebifldo, capitis recvirvato unidentato. (Long. 

 Corp. 2 line. 6 Un.) 



Syn. Scaraba?us Centaurus, Fair. Ent. Syst. \.p. 4. No. 5. Syst. Sleuth. 1. p. 4. No. 5. OUv. Ent. 1.3. 



p. 14. n. 9. t. 11./. 104. JaUonsk. Nat. Syst. 1. 233. No. 4. t. 2./. 1. Schon. Syn. Ins. 1. 



]). 4. No. 10. 

 Scarab. Gideon, Drury, App. vol. 2. (Exclus. Syn. Linn.) 

 Habitat : Sierra Leone {Drury). " In India Orientali, Africa " {Fdbridus). 



Head and thorax black ; the latter terminating in a horn near an inch and a half long, standing 

 almost erect, but bending forward and diminishing towards the end, which is forked, having a strong 

 spine on each side of the front near the base. The head is furnished with another horn that inclines 

 backwards towards the other, and at the extremity is curled and pointed, having a square knob placed 

 on each side near the curl. Elytra dark brown, almost black, smooth and shining. Tibiae armed with 

 spines and hairs. 



Drury states that this insect was brought fi'om Sierra Leone, and that it lives in the 

 mangrove trees ; many specimens having been taken from thence. 



TRICHIUS FASCIATUS. 



Plate XXXVI. fig. 2. 



Order : Coleoptera. Section ; Lamellicornes. Family' ; Cetoniidae. 



Genus. Tricuius, Fai/wJus. Cetonia p. OKjj. Scarabfeus, p. iwm. 



Trichius Fasciatcs. Niger, flavo-rufo-tomentosus, elytris atris fasciis duabus luteis interne confluentibus. 

 (Long. Corp. 7-8 lin.) 



Syn. Scaraljceus VasciaXus, Linn. Syst. Nat.W. p.btjd. Fabriciiis Ent. Syst. \. 119. Donovan Brit. Ins. 4. 

 pi. 140. Steph. lUustr. Brit. Ent. Mandibulata, 3. p. 230. 

 Trichius Succinctus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 11. p. 132 (variety). 



Habitat : Germany, France, England. 



Head and thorax black, but thickly covered with yellow hairs. The scutellum black and triangular. 

 Elytra tawny yellow, not reaching to the anus ; having a black margin, and three large black spots 

 situated on the lateral margin. Abdomen and breast black, and covered with hairs of a very light or 

 pale yellow. Femora and tibiae black and hairy. 



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