ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET, 



COPRIS LUNARIS. Fahr 

 Scarabseus lunaris. L'mne. 



Black and shining, head covered by a large dypasus 

 on shield partly dividing the eyes, so that the insect 

 can see both above and below, in the centre of this 

 shield is a recurved horn, subject to vary in its 

 length in different individuals and in the female fre- 

 quently only a slight protuberance : thorax as in the 

 one figured rising nearly to the height of the horn and 

 in the centre with a deep excavated notch ; the sides 

 so deeply impressed as to raise a protuberance on the 

 margin of the thorax the appearance of an obtuse 

 horn, the fore margin with a strong red fringe of 

 hair : elytra striated and not covering the extremity 

 of the body : beneath black and shining, the legs 

 short and thick and well adapted for burrowing : 

 antennae and mouth red. Length of the body 10 

 lines. 



This very interesting insect to the entomologist, 

 inhabits the dung of horses and, we believe, also that 

 of cattle. It is by no means a common insect, and 

 the only species of Copris yet found in this country. 

 We have met with it in sandy lanes near Welling and 

 Plumstead Heath, and as near the metropolis as 

 Charlton, Kent ; also in sandy situations at Coomb 

 Wood, Surrey : we beg to remind the collector 

 that they will be found generally about four inches 

 beneath the surface of the earth. Fabricus was in 

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