COPRIS CAROLINA. Thorace retuso binodi, capitis cornu erecto brevissimo,
clypeo integro, elytris sulcatis. (Long. Corp. circ. 1 unc.)
SYN. Scarabæus Carolinus, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. 11. 545. _No._ 16. _Fabr.
Syst. Eleuth._ 1. _p._ 43. _No._ 60. (Copris C.) _Oliv. Ent._ 1. 3. _p._
134. _No._ 160. _t._ 12. _f._ 113. _De Geer Ins._ 4. _p._ 310. _t._ 18.
_f._ 13. _Pal. Beauv. Ins. d'Amer. et d'Afr. Col. pl._ 3. a. _f._ 7.
HABITAT: Maryland, New York.
Head broad and thin, not hairy underneath. Near the front is a thick
tubercle (not rising to an horn, as in Fig. I.) projecting forward, being
in some specimens (probably females) very small. Thorax margined, lying
very high above the head, having protuberances in front, which in some
are very faint, and with a small impression on each side near the margin
on the lower part. Elytra longer than the thorax, margined and furrowed,
(but not so deeply as in Fig. I.), and reaching to the anus. General
colour deep black, and shining like pitch, both on the upper and under
sides. Thighs very strong, not hairy. The anterior tibiæ strong, with
four teeth, and a strong spine to each. The tarsi and ungues very small.
The other tibiæ are like those in the preceding figure. Scutellum
obsolete.