Copris Lævis. Schonh. Syn. 1. 54. 126. (Nec Lævis, Drury, tab. 35. f. 7. sec. cit. Sch.)
Habitat: New York.
Entirely black. Head broad and black, extending on each side beyond the eyes, having a small horn on it projecting forwards. Thorax margined, high and prominent, with some small protuberances on its front. Scutellum obsolete. Elytra furrowed, longer than the thorax, and margined; extending beyond the anus. Femora strong and round. Tibiæ small at the base, thickened towards the tips, and armed with spines.
COPROBIUS LÆVIS.
Plate [XXXV]. fig. 7.
Order: Coleoptera. Section: Lamellicornes. Family: Scarabæidæ, MacLeay.
Genus. Coprobius, Latr. Ateuchus, Fabr. Scarabæus p. Linn.
Coprobius Lævis. Niger opacus lævis, clypeo emarginato, thorace postice rotundato, elytrorum lateribus humeralibus haud incisis. (Long. Corp. 9 lin.)
Syn. Scarabæus Lævis, Drury, App. vol. 2. (1773.) Oliv. Ent. 1. 3. p. 160. No. 197. t. 10. f. 89.
Scarabæus Volvens, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 1. p. 66. No. 221. Syst. Eleuth. 1. p. 60. No. 26. (Ateuchus v.) (Exclus. syn. Scar. pilularius, Linn.) Schon. Syn. Ins. 1. 1. p. 62.