73 

 Black. Head furnished with two horn-like mandibles, being thicker near the head, and terminating 

 in a point ; that fixed on the left side of the insect being longest. Thorax broad and margined. 

 Elytra slightly striated. Scutellum not to be seen. Posterior tibia? rather long. Tarsi short. 



PHANiEUS FESTIVUS $. 



Plate XLVIII. fig. 5. 



Order : Coleoptera. Section : Lamellicornes. Family : Scarabaeida;. 



Gencs. VaAHJEUs, MacLeay. Coiins \t. Fabr. Scarabceus p. iam. 



Pkan-eus Festivus. Thorace gibbo bicorni, capitis cornu ei-ecto $ , elytris rubro-oeneis ; ? tliorace mutico 



aequali nigro-maculato, capite mutico. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 1^ lin.) 

 Syn. Scarabseus festivus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. "2. p. 563. 252. Fabr. Ent. Syst. \.p. 42. No. 139. Syst. El. 1. 



32. No. 10. Oliv. Ent. 1. 3. p. 110. No. 127. t. 3. /. 21. a. b. Be Geer Ins. iv. p. 315. t. Sl.fg. 



3. <?.4. ?. 

 Habitat: Cayenne. 



Head black, broad, rounded in front and margined. Thorax red and margined, having several 

 black patches thereon. Scutellum not distinct. Elytra red and striated, being margined with black. 

 Beneath black and shining. Legs thick and strong. 



COPRIS FAUNUS. 



Plate XLVIII. fig. 6. 



Order ; Coleoptera. Section : Lamellicornes. Family : Scarabaeidfe. 



Genus. Copris, Geoffrey. Scaraboeus p., Linn. 



CoPRis Faunus. Thorace quadricorni, cornubus raediis brevissimis, lateralibus dilatatis, capitis cornu recui-vo 



serrato. (Long. Corp. 1 uuc. 9 lin.) 

 Syn. Scarabeeus Faunus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. I . ;;. 47. No. 155. Syst. El. 1 . p. 38. No. 36. Oliv. Ent. 1 . 3. 103. 



t. 10./. 87. t. 32. / 87. b. Jabl. Nat. Syst. 11. p. 61. t. 9./. 3. 

 Habitat : Cayenne. 



Entirely black. Head rounded in front and margined ; armed with a long horn that inclines towards 

 the body, the inner part of which, near the top, is dentated. Thorax terminating at the corners, next 

 the body, in two projections like horns, extending in an horizontal position, being very obtuse, and wider 

 at the ends than the middle. The central part has two small projections which are bifid, and two dents 

 on the middle of the posterior margin. Scutellum not chstinct. Elytra deeply furrowed. Legs thick 

 and strong. Fore and hinder tibiae dentated. 



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