456 CLASS INSECTA. 



S. Ntichicornis, Lin. Panz. Faun, Insect. Germ. I. i. and 

 XLIX. 8. Small, black, with the cases gray, and some with 

 small black spots. A compressed elevation, and in the form 

 of a plate, and terminating in almost a straight point on the 

 hinder part of the head of the male ; two raised and trans- 

 verse lines on that of the female ; a tubercle on the anterior 

 part of its corslet. Found with the preceding. Africa and 

 the East Indies present many other species of them, some of 

 which are very brilliant, but all of small size. (Dej. ; see 

 Latreille Gener. Crust, et Insect. II. p. 83.) 



Two other sub-genera, presenting a scutellum or sutural 

 hiatus, indicating its place, whose anterior feet are often des- 

 titvite of tarsi, and often still more long, narrow, and arched 

 in the males, are distinguished from all the other coprophagi 

 by the form of the knob of their antennae. Its first articula- 

 tion, or the seventh of all, is in the form of a semi-cornet, 

 emboxing the following, a portion of which at least is con- 

 cealed, and has the form of a horse-shoe. The third, or last, 

 is in the form of a reversed cupola. The corslet is large, and 

 usually presents, near the middle of its posterior edge, two 

 small fossets. 



Onitis, Fab., 



In which the second articulation of the labial palpi is the 

 largest of all, and the scutellum, though very small and 

 sunken, is nevertheless visible. 



The anterior feet are generally longer, more slender, and 

 arched in the males. Their tarsi are most frequently wanting. 

 The corslet, a small number excepted, is without horns. 

 (Consult the article Oniiis of the Encyclopedie Methodique). 



Phatst.eus, Macl. Lonchophorus, Germ. Scarabceus, Lin. 

 Copris, Onitis, Fab. 



In which the first articulation of the labial palpi is the 

 largest of allj and dilated at the internal edge. A simple 



