Plate XXXV. fig. 6.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Scarabæidæ, _MacLeay_.
GENUS. COPRIS, _Geoffroy_. Scarabæus, _Drury_.
COPRIS MINUTUS. Niger, capitis cornu parvo erecto, thorace anticè elevato
et tuberculato, elytris striatis. (Long. Corp. 4½ lin.)
SYN. Scarabæus Minutus. _Drury, App. vol._ 2.
Copris Lævis. _Schonh. Syn._ 1. 54. 126. (Nec Lævis, _Drury, tab._ 35.
_f._ 7. sec. cit. _Sch._)
HABITAT: New York.
Entirely black. Head broad and black, extending on each side beyond the
eyes, having a small horn on it projecting forwards. Thorax margined,
high and prominent, with some small protuberances on its front. Scutellum
obsolete. Elytra furrowed, longer than the thorax, and margined;
extending beyond the anus. Femora strong and round. Tibiæ small at the
base, thickened towards the tips, and armed with spines.