284 INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. 



Labrum almost membranous, concealed under the hood ; jaws terminated by a lobe 

 in the form of forceps ; labium not projecting ; body generally oval, depressed, 

 with the thorax trapezeiform or nearly orbicular ; colours generally brilliant or 

 various. 



Melitophili. 



Gen. PLATYGENIA, CREMASTOCHEILUS, GOLIATH, TRICHIA, CETONIA, 

 GYMNETIS. Chin large and broad in the first three genera. 



1. COPROPHAGI. 



Gen. ATEUCHUS, Fab. Scarabceus, Lin. 

 Body large, oval, rounded ; hood semicircular, often dentated, 

 crenated, or notched ; anterior legs large and dentated along 

 the exterior side ; labial palpi hairy, with the last joint smal- 

 ler than the preceding. 



A. sacer, Fab. Black, with the thorax and elytra smooth, and the 

 margin of the hood with six teeth ; anterior legs with four teeth 

 on the exterior side, and three small ones on the interior side. 

 Inhabits Europe and Africa. Lat. Hist. i. pi. 82, fig. 1. 

 This insect is named sacred, because it made part of the religious worship of the 



ancient Egyptians. It is represented on many of their monuments. 



Gen. ONITIS, Fab Scarabceus, Lin. 



Second joint of the labial palpi longer than the first and third ; 

 body depressed ; thorax orbicular. 



O. bison, Lat. Black ; head with a small raised transverse line, 

 and another larger behind, of which the two lateral ends form a 

 kind of horns ; thorax turned up before, with a pointed projec- 

 tion in the middle, and four sunk points on each side ; female 

 without horns. Inhabits South of France and Spain. Nouv. 

 Diet, xxiii. 512. 



Gen. ONTHOPHAGUS, Lat. Scarabceus, Lin. 



Last joint of the labial palpi scarcely perceptible ; legs equal in 



both sexes ; body suboval, almost twice longer than broad. 



O.flavipes, Lat. Body oval, reddish yellow, with a greenish tint 

 in some parts ; head coppery-green ; thorax brownish-green, with 

 a large hollow point on each side ; elytra slightly furrowed. 

 Inhabits Europe, in dung. Lat. Hist. x. pi. 82, fig. 5. 



Gen. COPRIS, Geoff. Fab. Scarabceus, Lin. 

 Labrum, mandibles, and terminal lobe of the jaws membranous ; 

 four posterior legs in the form of an elongated cone, thickest 

 at their extremity ; first joint of the labial palpi larger than 

 the two following ; antennae with nine joints ; no cushion. 



C. lunaris, Fab. Black, with the hood notched before, a horn up- 

 on this part in the male, with two teeth at its base ; thorax trun- 

 cated before, and a depression and conical eminence on each side ; 

 elytra furrowed. Europe, in dung. Lat. Hist. i. pi. 82, fig. 3, 4. 



Gen. APHODIUS, Fab. Scarabceus, Lin. 

 Feet separated at their origin by equal intervals ; labial palpi 



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