This genus comprehends some of the largest 

 insects of the order Coleoptera, and, amongst 

 others, the noble species known by the name of 

 S. Hercules, of which the truly absurd story has 

 been related of its clasping a branch of a tree 

 between the corneous projections of the head and 

 thorax, and, by flying round the limb thus in- 

 cluded, finally succeeds in separating it from 

 the tree ; and that the insect then becoming 

 inebriated with the fluid that exudes from the 

 wound, falls apparently lifeless to the ground. 



SCARABiEUS TITYUS. Linn. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Thorax three-horned, the lateral ones short, 

 subulate, middle one bearded with yellow hair 

 beneath, projected forwards, and bifid at tip ; 

 horn of the head recurved, subemarginate on the 

 back near the tip. 



PLATE IV. 



