Dynastes Satyrus. Thorace inermi antice truncato; capitis cornu recurvo capite longiori ♂; clypeo tuberculato, thorace plano. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 3 lin.)
Syn. Geotrupes Satyrus, Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. 1. 15. No. 49.
Scarabæus S. Fabr. Spec. Ins. 1. 12. No. 42. Olivier Ent. 13. p. 39. t. 11. f. 94. a. b.
Scarabæus Jamaicensis, Drury, App. vol. 2. Jablonsky, Nat. S. II. p. 83. No. 68. t. 9. fig. 8. 9. (nec Scar. Jamaicensis, Fabr. Oliv.)
Habitat: New York.
Male. Head black, and furnished with a single horn terminating in a point, and bending backwards, having in front two small protuberances; hairy beneath. Thorax black, shining and margined; the upper part elevated, and appearing almost perpendicular. Elytra margined and furrowed; also black, as is the anus. Abdomen reddish brown, with dark yellow hairs. Thighs brown, almost black; broad, strong, and hairy. Anterior tibiæ deeply dentated with a strong spine at the tips, and hairy. Middle tibiæ strong, and very spinose; particularly at the tips, where there are two long ones on each, which are likewise very hairy. Ungues very small. Scutellum triangular and small.
Female. Resembles the male in every part but the thorax and head; the former being quite smooth and convex without any prominence, and the latter, in the room of a horn, has a small protuberance, just discernible by the naked eye.
DYNASTES ANTÆUS.
Plate [XXXIV]. fig. 3. ♂.—4. ♀.
Order: Coleoptera. Section: Lamellicornes. Family: Dynastidæ.