COLEOPTERA. 



GYMNOPLEURUS SINUATUS. 



Plate 1 . fig. 5. 



Genus. Gvmnopleurus, Ttliger. Ateuchus p. Fabricius. 



Co. Sp. Gymn. clypeo emarginato, niger subcupreus, antennarum apice flavo. Long. Corp. 

 lin. 8. 

 G. with the clypeus notched, black with a slight coppery tinge, tips of the antennas 

 yellow. Length two-thirds of an inch. 

 Syn. Ateuchus sinuatus, Fabricius Syst. Eleuth. 1. p. 60. Oliv. Ins. 1 . 3. tab. 10. /. 90. 



tab. 21. fig. 189. 

 Scarabaeus Leei, Donovan, 1st edit. 



The Scarabaeus Leei of Fabricius (to which Donovan referred the insect here figured) 

 is totally distinct, and is identical with the Scarabaeus fulgidus of Olivier. The original 

 specimen, described by Fabricius, from the collection of the late Mr. Lee, is now in the 

 collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope. 



COPRIS MOLOSSUS. 



Plate 2. fig. 1. 



Genus. Copris, Geoffroy. Scarabaeus, Linnaus. 



Ch. Sp. C. niger, thorace punctatissimo, retuso, bidentato, utrinque impresso ; clypeo lunato, 



$ unicorniintegro, elytris laevibus. Long. Corp. 1 unc. 4 lin. 

 C. black, thorax very much punctured, retuse in front and bidentate, with two lateral 



impressions, clypeus lunate, the male having a single erect horn, elytra smooth. 



Length 1 j. inch. 



Syn. Scarabaeus Molossus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. W.p. 543. No. 8. Fabricius Syst. Eleuth. 



1. p. 42. Herbst. Col. W.p. 178. t. 14. /. 1. Oliv, Ent. 3. p. 100. var. c. 

 t. 5. /. 37. $ . Drury Ins. PI. 32. /. 2. 2nd edit. p. 64. 



S. Molossus and S. Bucephalus are very common in China. The first seems a local 

 species ; the latter is said to be found in other parts of the East Indies. Olivier has 

 given three varieties of Scarabaeus Molossus. The specimen figured in the annexed plate 

 is the var. c. of that author. 



The larvae of the larger kinds of coleopterous insects, abounding in unctuous moisture, 

 are not less esteemed as food among some modern nations, than they were by the epicures 

 of antiquity. In Jamaica and other islands in the West Indies, the larva of the Prionus 

 damicornis, or Macolcko beetle, is an article of luxurious food ; and in China many insects 

 in that state are appropriated to the same purpose. Thus, also, the Romans introduced 



