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observation in the earliest ages, and is noticed by many 

 writers, but with the addition of a number of absurd fables, 

 such as we have already mentioned. 



We cannot pass over the genus Ateuchus, of Latreille, 

 without referring to a fine species, hereto described by our 

 friend the Rev. W. Kirby, in the Zool. Journ., under the 

 name of ScarabcBus femoralis, with the following specific 

 characters: — clypeus, with six teeth, prothorax dilated and 

 sculptured. The anterior femora very large and toothed. 

 This species, which belongs to the Rev. F. W. Hope, is a 

 native of the Soudan. It is one inch and three quarters in 

 lengthj and forms a distinct and new type in the genus sca- 

 rabseus, which the last above-mentioned gentleman proposes 

 to call Pachylomera. 



We have figured a species of Pachysoma. The P. Hip- 

 pocrates, Kirby. It is of a shining black colour, punctuated ; 

 the elytra with slightly punctured striae, the anterior tibia? 

 beneath with series of tubercules. This species is from 

 Africa.* 



The insects comprehended under the name of Onitis, 

 inhabit the warm and sandy countries of the ancient conti- 

 nent, and live in the dung of animals. The females dig 

 holes there, and sink into the earth to deposit their eggs, as 

 well as the necessary provisions for the larvae, which are to 

 be disclosed from them. 



The genus CoPRis (proper) was first separated from Sca- 

 rabaeus by GeofFroy, on the foundation that the latter insects 

 have a distinct scutellum, while the others have none that is 

 apparent. These insects have, moreover, the hood semi- 

 circular, and the abdomen shorter ; so that the posterior feet 

 are more approximate to the anus, and the parts of the 

 mouth are different. They live on excrements, and make 



* The species figured as yEsculapius, must be changed to Hippocrates ; 

 also the generic name of Mjiaialium, to Ateuchus. (In plate 40.) 



