COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS. 207 



SCARABiEUS HERCULES. 



PLATE XL 



Olivier, i. pi. 1, fig. 1, a, 6, male ; pi. 23, fig. 1, c, female— 

 Drury's Illus. 



The head and thorax of the male are deep black, 

 highly polished, and shining ; the former with a long 

 thick horn armed with two or three strong teeth, 

 the latter produced into a very long horn, which is 

 bent downwards near the outer extremity : it bears 

 a strong triangular tooth on each side rather behind 

 the middle, and is densely clothed with reddish- 

 brown pile. The elytra are somewhat glaucous, or 

 of a sea-green colour, but inclining to ash-grey, and 

 marked with scattered spots of black : they are stri- 

 ated and wrinkled across. The under parts of the 

 body and the legs are black; the anterior tibiae 

 armed with three strong spines externally. 



Found in greatest plenty in the Antilles and 

 Guiana ; it extends as far as Rio Janeiro, but be- 

 comes very rare in that neighbourhood. It likewise 

 occurs in the American islands. 



