Entirely deep shining black. Front of the head margined, from whence underneath appear two lips. Thorax margined. Elytra not margined, nor covering the anus. Scutellum remarkably large and long, reaching half way down the wing-cases. Posterior trochanters distinct. Sternum long. Tibiæ dentated, and armed with spines, particularly at the tips; tarsal joints also furnished with spines. Ungues composed of two principal hooks, which divide and separate as usual; but one has an immoveable lesser hook within it, and likewise a long spine fixed to the last tarsal joint of equal length with the hooks, as shewn in the figure near the insect. GYMNETIS LANIUS. Plate XXXIII. fig. 8. ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Cetoniidæ. GENUS. GYMNETIS, _MacLeay_. Scarabæus, _Linn._ Cetonia, _Fabr._ GYMNETIS LANIUS. Livida, thorace punctis duobus, elytris maculis plurimis nigris, sterno antice cornuto. (Long. Corp. fere 1 unc.) SYN. Scarabæus Lanius, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. II. _p._ 557. _No._ 77? Cetonia L. _Fabricius Syst. El._ II. _p._ 141. 34. _Olivier Ent._ 16. _p._ 19. 15. _t._ 2. _f._ 4. _Sloane Jamaica_, II. _tab._ 237. _f._ 7. 8? HABITAT: Jamaica. Head quadrangular, with a black margin. Antennæ brown. General colour dirty clay. Thorax faintly margined, terminating between the wing-cases in a blunt angle, having four black spots on the top near the head. Elytra with a great number of black spots of different shapes sprinkled all over them. Scutellum concealed. Femora hairy. Tibiæ the same, except the fore ones; all of which are party-coloured, being at the base clay colour, and at the tips black. The tarsi and ungues black. Posterior trochanters large and strong. Sternum long, and inclined from the body. {69}PLATE XXXIV. [Illustration] DYNASTES SATYRUS. Plate XXXIV. fig. 1. [male].--2. [female]. ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Dynastidæ. GENUS: DYNASTES, _MacLeay_. Geotrupes, _Fabricius_. Scarabæus, _Linn. &c._ DYNASTES SATYRUS. Thorace inermi antice truncato; capitis cornu recurvo capite longiori [male]; clypeo tuberculato, thorace plano. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 3 lin.) SYN. Geotrupes Satyrus, _Fabr. Syst. Eleuth._ 1. 15. _No._ 49. Scarabæus S. _Fabr. Spec. Ins._ 1. 12. _No._ 42. _Olivier Ent._ 13. _p._ 39. _t._ 11. _f._ 94. a. b. Scarabæus Jamaicensis, _Drury, App. vol._ 2. _Jablonsky, Nat. S._ II. _p._ 83. _No._ 68. _t._ 9. _fig._ 8. 9. (nec Scar. Jamaicensis, _Fabr. Oliv._) HABITAT: New York.