The Hyksos Period.
As previously mentioned, the type of back in which no elytra are shown remains the common variety through the Hyksos period. A short notch on each side indicates the point of division of the prothorax from the body, and in the example shown in fig. 65 the legs are suggested only. The head and clypeus are plain; the eye is sometimes represented. A decorative effect is produced in some instances, as in fig. 66, by representing hairy legs upon the back of the beetle. A unique example for the period is illustrated in fig. 67, where the back is scored with lines diagonally in each direction. Another typical form is shown in fig. 68, in which the threading holes are supported by a ring carved with the scarab, while the beetle itself is developed apparently from the type in fig. 63. In such scarabs the hairy legs upon the back occasionally may be noted. Another Hyksos type characteristically represents the human head (fig. 69, and compare the scarab of King Apepŷ figured in Plate I) upon the body of the scarab with or without the legs over the back.
Figs. 66 and 67.
Figs. 68 and 69.
Figs. 70 and 71.
Figs. 72 and 73.