C0LE0PTEB0T7S INSECTS. 
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SCARABiEUS HERCULES. 
PLATE XI. 
Olivier , i. pi. 1, fig. 1, <z, 6, male ; pi. 23, fig. 1, c, female— 
Drury's Illus. 
The head and thorax of the male are deep black, 
highly polished, and shining ; the former with a long 
thick horn armed with two or three strong teeth, 
the latter produced into a very long horn, which is 
bent downwards near the outer extremity : it bears 
a strong triangular tooth on each side rather behind 
the middle, and is densely clothed with reddish- 
brown pile. The elytra are somewhat glaucous, or 
of a sea-green colour, but inclining to ash-grey, and 
marked with scattered spots of black : they are stri- 
ated and wrinkled across. The under parts of the 
body and the legs are black; the anterior tibiae 
armed with three strong spines externally. 
Found in greatest plenty in the Antilles and 
Guiana ; it extends as far as Rio Janeiro, but be- 
comes very rare in that neighbourhood. It likewise 
occurs in the American islands. 
