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REMARKS AND ANNOTATIONS 



ON THE 



LINNEAN LAMELLICORNS. 



Species 1. Scarabceus Hercules, (Linn.) — This 

 is the type of the genus Dynastes, MacLeay; asso- 

 ciated with it are the following species : viz. Al- 

 cides, Perseus, and Tityus of Fabricius, and Nep- 

 tunus of Schbnherr. By some writers Alcides and 

 Perseus are considered only as varieties of Hercules. 

 Sc. Marianus, Linn, is only the female of Tityus. 

 Sc. Glaucus, Jablonsky, is also a synonym of Sc. Ma- 

 rianus. The generic characters of Dynastes, 

 MacLeay, are given at length in the 14th volume 

 of the Linnean Transactions by Mr. Kirby, vide 

 part 3, p. 567. 



Sp. 2. Gideon, — Now a Xylotrupes. In the 

 Preface the reader will find my reasons stated for 

 substituting the above term for Geotrupes of Fabri- 

 cius. This latter name is applied in England and 

 France at the present day to those species of Lamel- 

 licorns which are allied to Sc. Stercorarius, Lino. 



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