Genus. Copris, Geoffroy. Scarabæus, Linn.
Copris Carolina. Thorace retuso binodi, capitis cornu erecto brevissimo, clypeo integro, elytris sulcatis. (Long. Corp. circ. 1 unc.)
Syn. Scarabæus Carolinus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 11. 545. No. 16. Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. 1. p. 43. No. 60. (Copris C.) Oliv. Ent. 1. 3. p. 134. No. 160. t. 12. f. 113. De Geer Ins. 4. p. 310. t. 18. f. 13. Pal. Beauv. Ins. d'Amer. et d'Afr. Col. pl. 3. a. f. 7.
Habitat: Maryland, New York.
Head broad and thin, not hairy underneath. Near the front is a thick tubercle (not rising to an horn, as in Fig. I.) projecting forward, being in some specimens (probably females) very small. Thorax margined, lying very high above the head, having protuberances in front, which in some are very faint, and with a small impression on each side near the margin on the lower part. Elytra longer than the thorax, margined and furrowed, (but not so deeply as in Fig. I.), and reaching to the anus. General colour deep black, and shining like pitch, both on the upper and under sides. Thighs very strong, not hairy. The anterior tibiæ strong, with four teeth, and a strong spine to each. The tarsi and ungues very small. The other tibiæ are like those in the preceding figure. Scutellum obsolete.
PHANÆUS CARNIFEX.
Plate [XXXV]. fig. 3. 4. ♂.—5. ♀.
Order: Coleoptera. Section: Lamellicornes. Family: Scarabæidæ.
Genus. Phanæus, MacLeay. Copris, Fabr. Scarabæus, Linn.
Phanæus Carnifex. Thorace mutico angulato postice igneo-cupreo, capitis cornu longo reflexo, corpore æneo. (Long. Corp. {8}-{10½} lin.)