THE BULL- COSTSER. 
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gradually as they proceed along its Tides ; the head pro- 
jects forward, and the antennae are very apparent. The 
colour of this infect is black, except the inferior parts 
of the body, which are partially covered with a few vi- 
bnffse of a brown colour. What particularly diftinguilhea 
the typhaeus is the peculiar form of the thorax ; the two 
lateral points of which projeft beyond the head, having 
a fmall protuberance upon the fide, whilft the middle 
point is lhorter and fomewhat raffed. Thefe long pro- 
jecting horns feem given to the infeCt as offenfive wea- 
pons, although it is incapable of ufing them : It is not 
always that the members of this tribe of beings are ap- 
plied to the purpofes that feem moft obvious and natural 
to the obferver. 
The refemblance which thefe thoracic horns beat 
to the long fpears carried by the Toldiers of the Macedo- 
nian phalanx, has occafioned the name of phalangift, which 
the French naturaiills apply to this infed. The larvrfe 
of the typhaeus is moft commonly found in cow dunr, 
where the grown animal is alfo frequently to be lean, 
both for the purpefe of colleding food and depofiting- its 
c The Dung-beetle 
This fcarakeus is reriiarkable for choofing the moft fil- 
thy refideuce, heaps of dung and excrementitious matter 1 . 
There 
Scarabsus pilularis, Lin, Syft. 
