ELEPHANT-DUNG BEETLE. 
TlIIS beautiful Beetle is considerably larger 
than we have been enabled to represent it in the 
figure annexed. From the anus to the extre- 
mity of the horns, it measures four inches and 
a half in length ; and the legs are three inches 
and a half long. The entire back, or rather 
the wing-cases which cover it, as well as the 
thorax and head, are of a fine light brown, 
beautifully marked w 7 ith black ; the whole 
cloathed with down, resembling plush or vel- 
vet. The legs are of a rich black, highly 
polished ; and edged with fine silken hairs of a 
golden hue. 
The Elephant-Dung Beetle, which was first 
figured by Mr. Drury, in his celebrated col- 
lection of Exotic Insects, is a native of Africa, 
The original was found, a few years since, near 
Sierra Leone, in the dung of an Elephant , 
which gave rise to it's present name of dis- 
tinction. Perhaps, however, it may not 
always be met with in that situation. 
