Hololepta maxillosa, Park Mon. Hist. III. 9. t. ix. f. 7.
Hister maxillosus, Drury, App. vol. 2.
Oxysternus maximus, Erichson in Jahrb. der Ent. 1. 100.
O. maxillosus, Guérin & Percheron Genera des Ins. 1. Col. pl. 7. (♀?) Fabricius Ent. Syst. vol. 4. Append. p. 437. Schonh. Syn. Ins. 1. p. 98.
Habitat: Cayenne.
Black. Head furnished with two horn-like mandibles, being thicker near the head, and terminating in a point; that fixed on the left side of the insect being longest. Thorax broad and margined. Elytra slightly striated. Scutellum not to be seen. Posterior tibiæ rather long. Tarsi short.
PHANÆUS FESTIVUS ♀.
Plate [XLVIII]. fig. 5.
Order: Coleoptera. Section: Lamellicornes. Family: Scarabæidæ.
Genus. Phanæus, MacLeay. Copris p. Fabr. Scarabæus p. Linn.