Plate XXXV. fig. 8.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Scarabæidæ, _MacLeay_.
GENUS. ONITIS, _Fabr._ Scarabæus, _Linn. Drury_.
ONITIS SPINIPES. Exscutellatus niger opacus, capite subcornuto, pedibus
intermediis dilatatis et incisis. (Long. Corp. fere 1 unc.)
SYN. Scarabæus Spinipes, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. (1773).
Scarabæus Sphinx, _Fabr. Ent. Syst. p._ 25. _No._ 98. (1775.) _Syst.
Eleuth._ 1. _p._ 29. 9. (Onitis Sp.) _Schonh. Syn. Ins._ 1. _p._ 31. 10.
HABITAT: China.
Entirely black. Head margined and rough, having two small protuberances
entirely surrounding the eyes. Palpi rather long. Thorax convex, smooth,
and margined, being as long as the elytra, and having on each side near
the lateral margin a small impression. On the posterior margin next the
suture are two more impressions, and a longer one between them. Scutellum
obsolete. Elytra furrowed, {75}and extending to the anus, having a double
margin on the sides. Anterior tibiæ as long as the thorax, and remarkable
for not having any tarsi, but being bent inwards at their extremities and
dentated on their outer sides. Middle femora very broad and flat. Tibiæ
short, very narrow, and small at their base, but broad at the tips.
Hinder thighs and tibiæ not so broad as the middle ones. Tarsi
five-jointed.