COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS. 
HERCULES BEETLE. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antennae or horns terminated in a kind of club, divided 
longitudinally into different plates. 
Second joint of the fore-legs armed with spines or teeth. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
ScARABii-us Hercules. S. thoracis cornu incurvo maximo, subtus 
barbato unidentato, capitis recurvato, 
supra multidentato. Linn. Syst. Nat. 
Gmel. I . p. 1526. 
Thorax armed with a large incurved horn 
bearded beneath, and having a single 
tooth ; head armed in the same manner, 
but the horn is shorter, and has several 
teeth. 
Rhinoceros Americanus cinereus, rostro 
nigro nitente. Petiv. Gazoph. t. 70. f. 1. 
Scarabseus scutellatus niger, &c. Degeer. 
Ins. 4. p. 304. no. 2. pi. 18. f. 9. 
