PHILEURUS DIDYMUS. Depressus, thorace fossulâ excavatâ, capite
tricuspide, elytris striatis. (Long. Corp. 2 unc.)
SYN. Scarabæus Didymus, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. II. _p._ 545. _No._ 19.
_Fabr. Ent. Syst._ 1. _p._ 20. _No._ 61. _Oliv. Ent._ 1. 3. _p._ 42.
_No._ 46. _t._ 2. _fig._ 9. _Schonherr Syn. Inst._ 1. _p._ 19. _No._ 85.
_Pal. Beauv. Ins. Col. pl._ 16. _f._ 3.
HABITAT: (----? _Drury_). America (_Fabricius_).
Head, black, small, and triangular, having three tubercles issuing from
it, of which the anterior is pointed, the others blunt. Thorax black,
which is the general colour of the insect, rounded, smooth, and margined,
having an impression in front, with a short tubercle situated on it near
the edge; from whence runs a hollow groove or channel to the posterior
margin. Scutellum small. Elytra shining, margined and furrowed. Abdomen
smooth and shining, without hair. Tibiæ furnished with spines, as are the
first joints of the middle and posterior tarsi.