Scarabæus Sphinx, _Fabr. Ent. Syst. p._ 25. _No._ 98. (1775.) _Syst. Eleuth._ 1. _p._ 29. 9. (Onitis Sp.) _Schonh. Syn. Ins._ 1. _p._ 31. 10. HABITAT: China. Entirely black. Head margined and rough, having two small protuberances entirely surrounding the eyes. Palpi rather long. Thorax convex, smooth, and margined, being as long as the elytra, and having on each side near the lateral margin a small impression. On the posterior margin next the suture are two more impressions, and a longer one between them. Scutellum obsolete. Elytra furrowed, {75}and extending to the anus, having a double margin on the sides. Anterior tibiæ as long as the thorax, and remarkable for not having any tarsi, but being bent inwards at their extremities and dentated on their outer sides. Middle femora very broad and flat. Tibiæ short, very narrow, and small at their base, but broad at the tips. Hinder thighs and tibiæ not so broad as the middle ones. Tarsi five-jointed. PLATE XXXVI. [Illustration] DYNASTES CENTAURUS. Plate XXXVI. fig. 1. ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Dynastidæ, _MacLeay_. GENUS. DYNASTES, _MacLeay_. Geotrupes, _Fabr._ Scarabæus, _Linn. Latr._ DYNASTES CENTAURUS. Thoracis cornu incurvo basi dentato apice bifido, capitis recurvato unidentato. (Long. Corp. 2 unc. 6 lin.) 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.) SYN. Scarabæus Fasciatus, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ II. _p._ 556. _Fabricius Ent. Syst._ 1. 119. _Donovan Brit. Ins._ 4. _pl._ 140. _Steph. Illustr. Brit. Ent. Mandibulata_, 3. _p._ 230.