312 STATES OF INSECTS. 



Copris Midas, the two longer perpendicular horns have a 

 deep cavity between them, which, together with its black 

 colour, give it a most demoniac aspect ; so that you would 

 think it more aptly representative of a Beelzebub or Beel- 

 zebul than a Midas a , or than Phanams Beelzebul MacL. 

 A similar cavity is between the occipital horns of Dia~ 

 peris hcemorrhoidalis Payk. Some species of Rynchanus, 

 as R, Taurus, have a pair of long horns upon the rostrum 

 of the male, the rudiments only of which are to be traced 

 in the female b . Other species go beyond any known 

 quadrupeds in the number of horns that arm their heads. 

 ThusZ) itomus calydonitisTionelli, belonging to CarabusI^., 

 has three equal horns c . The same number distinguishes 

 Onthophagus Bonasus ; but the intermediate one is very 

 short. In Goliathus Polyphemus the middle horn, on the 

 contrary, is much longer and thicker than the lateral 

 ones, and forked at the apex ; so that it looks as if it had 

 four of these weapons d . A little Diaper is [D. viridipen- 

 nis F.), a native of Carolina, has four horns upon the 

 head of the male ; namely, two long ones on the occiput, 

 and two short dentiform ones on the nose. In a species 

 nearly related to this, sent me by Professor Peck from 

 New England, there is a cavity between the two occipi- 

 tal horns. The same number distinguishes Onthophagus 

 quadrieornis (Copris F.), The situation also of the 

 horns varies : In some it is in the middle of the head, 

 as Oryctes nasicornis, Copris lunar is, &c. : in others, as 

 in Onthophagus nuchicornis, Xiphias, &c. it is a process 



a This insect is beautifully figured in M. Latreille's Insectes sacres 

 dcs Egijptiens,f. 11. See Luke xi. 15. Heb.b)n]by2 Domi?ws stercoris. 

 11 Oliv. no. 83. 160. t. vi./. 60. g.l.v.f. 45. $ ? 

 '■ Ibid, no. 36. t, ilf. 12. a [bid, no. 6. 1, vilf. 6L 



