Syn. Scarabæus Centaurus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 1. p. 4. No. 5. Syst. Eleuth. 1. p. 4. No. 5. Oliv. Ent. 1. 3. p. 14. n. 9. t. 11. f. 104. Jablonsk. Nat. Syst. 1. 223. No. 4. t. 2. f. 1. Schon. Syn. Ins. 1. p. 4. No. 10.
Scarab. Gideon, Drury, App. vol. 2. (Exclus. Syn. Linn.)
Habitat: Sierra Leone (Drury). "In India Orientali, Africa" (Fabricius).
Head and thorax black; the latter terminating in a horn near an inch and a half long, standing almost erect, but bending forward and diminishing towards the end, which is forked, having a strong spine on each side of the front near the base. The head is furnished with another horn that inclines backwards towards the other, and at the extremity is curled and pointed, having a square knob placed on each side near the curl. Elytra dark brown, almost black, smooth and shining. Tibiæ armed with spines and hairs.
Drury states that this insect was brought from Sierra Leone, and that it lives in the mangrove trees; many specimens having been taken from thence.
TRICHIUS FASCIATUS.
Plate [XXXVI]. fig. 2.
Order: Coleoptera. Section: Lamellicornes. Family: Cetoniidæ.
Genus. Trichius, Fabricius. Cetonia p. Oliv. Scarabæus, p. Linn.
Trichius Fasciatus. Niger, flavo-rufo-tomentosus, elytris atris fasciis duabus luteis internè confluentibus. (Long. Corp. 7-8 lin.)