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COPRIS LUNARIS. 
Order Coleoptera. Fam. Copridse. 
Type of the Genus , Scarabaeus lunaris Linn. 
Copris Geof, Fab., Lat., Curt . — Scarabaeus Linn., Fab., Mars. 
Antennce inserted beneath the clypeus and before the eyes, short 
small pilose and 9-jointed, basal joint long subclavate, 2nd glo- 
bose, 3rd obtrigonate, 3 following cup-shaped, the remainder 
forming a small fleshy lamellate club (6). 
Labrum submembranous, somewhat semicircular, the anterior 
margin emarginate and ciliated, pubescent with stronger short 
bristles in the middle confined between an oblique line of bristles 
on each side (1). 
Mandibles rather narrow thin and coriaceous, except at the base, 
where they are dilated thick and horny, the apex rounded pube- 
scent and ciliated on the inside, the outside hairy towards the 
base (2). 
Maxillae large horny and externally pilose, terminated by a large 
fleshy semicircular lobe, with a smaller one ciliated on the inside. 
Palpi slender, rather long naked and 4-jointed, basal joint short 
and very slender, 2nd and 3rd a little longer, nearly of equal 
length, the former subovate, the latter somewhat clavate, 4th 
rather long and subfusiform (3). 
Mentum somewhat ovate, truncated at the base, notched in front, 
very pilose. 
Lip broad and bilobed. Palpi scarcely so long as the mentum 
attached to small scapes on each side, clothed with long bristles, 
triarticulate, basal joint the longest, 2nd suborbicular, 3rd very 
slender and not longer than the 2nd (4). 
Clypeus semicircular, forming an angle at the eyes, the margin slightly 
sinuated and notched in the centre, completely concealing the mouth. 
Head with a horn on the crown : eyes lateral, the greater portion 
beneath the clypeus. Thorax transverse, semicircular, the front per- 
pendicular and irregular. Scutellum completely concealed. Elytra 
convex, semi-ovate. Wings very ample. Legs rather short but ro- 
bust, the middle pair remote at their insertion. Thighs very short 
subovate. Tibiae compressed, anterior the broadest, forming 3 or 4 
large teeth on the outside, with a strong spine on the internal angle, 
the oihers narrow at the base and trigonate at the apex, intermediate 
pair serrated outside and furnished with 2 spurs, posterior emargi- 
nate outside towards the apex and producing one spine. Tarsi 
5- jointed , anterior short and very slender , the others with the basal 
joints dilated, obtrigonate. Claws small and simple (5, a fore leg). 
Lunaris Linn. Faun. Suec. 138. 379. — Curtis's Guide, Gen . 118. 1. 
In the Author's and other Cabinets. 
