338 THE EULL-COrvILER. 



gradually as they proceed along its fides; tl;c head pro-' 

 jecls forward, and the antenna2 are very apparent. The 

 colour of this infect is black, except the inferior parts 

 of the body, which are partially covered with a few vi- 

 brifTae of a brown colour. What particularly difcinguifhes 

 the typhreus is the peculiar form of the thorax ; the tv«.o 

 lateral points of which prcjeft beyond the head, having 

 a fmall protubcrmcc upon the fide, whilil the middle 

 point is fliorter and foir^ewhat ralfed. Thcfe long pro- 

 jcfting horns feem given to the ii;fecl: as ofTenfive wea- 

 pons, although it is incapnble of ufing them ; It is not 

 always that the members of this tribe of beings are ap- 

 plied to the purpofcs that feem moll obvious and natural 

 to the obferver. 



The refemblance which thefe thoracic horns bear 

 to the long fpears carried by tlie foldiers of the Macedo- 

 nian phalanx, has occafioned the name of phalangift, wliich 

 the French iiaturalifts apply to this infect. The larvce 

 of the typhaeus is moll commonly found in cow dung, 

 where the grown animal is alfo freqj^ntly to be feen, 

 both for the purpofe of collecling fooo^and depofiting its 

 eggs. 



l^he Dun'T-heetle*. 



i HIS fcarabceiis is remarkable for chooHiig the moft hi- 

 thy refidence, heaps of dung and excrementitions matter. 



There 



* Scarabsusp'lulaiis, Lin. Syft. 



