COPRIS MOLOSSUS. Thorace retuso bidentato, utrinque impresso; clypeo
lunato unicorni integro, elytris lævibus. (Long. Corp. 2 unc.)
SYN. Scarabæus Molossus, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. II. _p._ 543. _No._ 8.
_Fabricius Ent. Syst._ 1. p. 51. No. 167. _Olivier,_ 1. 3. _t._ 5. _f._
37. [male]. _t._ 4. _fig._ 25. _De Geer. Ins._ 1. _t._ 32. _f._ 2.
_Schonherr Syn. Ins. p._ 43.
HABITAT: China.
Entirely black. Head broad and thin, rounded in front and margined;
having a strong erect horn, near half an inch long. Thorax margined, and
much elevated, terminating upwards in an high ridge, whose sides are
furnished with two short horns, varying very much in their length (the
females being entirely hornless); it is also, as well as the head,
regularly covered with innumerable small pustules, which are scarce
visible to the naked eye. Scutellum obsolete. Elytra margined, short, and
almost smooth. Femora broad, hairy, and strong. Tibiæ with strong spurs.
Ungues very small, scarcely visible.