Plate XXXIV. fig. 3. [male].--4. [female].
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Dynastidæ.
GENUS. DYNASTES, _MacLeay_. Geotrupes, _Fabricius_. Scarabæus, _Linn.
&c._
DYNASTES ANTÆUS. Thorace tricorni; cornu intermedio longiori simplici,
capite mutico, elytris lævissimis. (Long. Corp. fere 1 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Scarabæus Antæus, _Drury, App. vol._ 2. _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ 1. _p._
12. _No._ 31. _Olivier Ent._ 1. 3. 24. _No._ 23. _t._ 12. _f._ 105. &
_t._ 13. _f._ 124. a. b.
Geotrupes A. _Fabr. Syst. Eleuth._ 1. _p._ 12. _No._ 36. _Pal. Beauv.
Ins. d'Afr. et d'Amer. Col. Pl._ 1. _fig._ 5. 6.
HABITAT: Jamaica.
_Male._ Head black, with two small protuberances like teeth in front.
Thorax black, smooth, shining, and margined; having three horns on it,
each of which is about a third of an inch in length; two of which are
placed near the elytra, almost erect, inclining towards each other, but
with their points inclining to the wings; the third arises from the front
of the thorax, bending backwards in a curved direction. Elytra brown,
very smooth, shining, and margined. Scutellum triangular. Abdomen red,
brown, and hairy. Tibiæ the same colour, and hairy, all of them being
armed with spines, principally about the tips.
_Female._ Resembles the male in every respect except the horns, which are
wanting in that sex.
{70}PELIDNOTA PUNCTATA.
Plate XXXIV. fig. 5.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Rutelidæ.