G YM N O PL E U R U S S IN U A T U S .
P la te 1. fig. 5.
G e s u s . G ym n o p i.eu h u s , n iig e r . Ateu ch u s p . Fabrzcias.
C i i . S p . Gym n . clypeo em a rg in a to , n ige r subcupreus, a n ten n a rum apic e flavo. Long. Corp.
lin . 8. • r. V
G . with th e c ly p eu s n o tch ed , b la ck with a slight coppe ry tm g e , tips of th e an ten næ
yellow. L en g th tw o -th ird s o f a n inch.
S y n . Ateu ch u s s in u a tu s, F a b r ic iu s S y s t. E le u th . 1. p . 6 0 . Oliv . In s . 1. 3. tab. 1 0 . / . 90.
if l i . 2 l . / i 7 . 189.
S c a rabæ u s Leei, D o n o va n , I s i ed it.
The Scarabæus Leei o f Fabricius (to which Donovan referred the insect here figured)
.s totally distinct, and is identical with the Scarabæus fulgidus o f Olivier. The original
specimen, described by Fabncius, from the collection o f the late Mr. Lee, is now ,n the
collection o f the Rev . F. W . Hope.
C O PR IS M O LO S SU S .
P la te 2 . fig. 1.
G enus. C opiu s, G eo ffro y . S c a ra bæ u s , L in næ u s .
C il. S p . c . n ig e r, th o ra c e pun c ta tissim o , re tu so , b id e n ta to , u trin q u e impresso ; clypeo lu n a to ,
$ uuico rn i in teg ro , elytris læ vibus. Long. Corp. 1 u n e . 4 lin.
C. b la c k , thora.K very m u ch p u n c tu re d , re tu s e in fro n t a n d b id e n ta te , w ith two la te ra l
impressions, clypeus lu n a te , th e male h aving a single e re c t h o rn , e ly tra smooth.
L en g th 1 | inch.
Sva Scarabmus Molosaas, L in n . S y s t. iiai. 1. 11. ?. 543. No. 8. F a .M c in s Sy sU E le u th .
l . y . 4 2 . H o r i s t . Coi. 11. p . 178. i. 1 4 . / . 1. O liv . E n t . 3 . p . 100. va r . c.
t. 5. / . 3 7 . t . D r u r y In s , P I . 32. / . 2 . 2 n d ed it. p . 64.
S Molossus and S. Bucephalus are very common in China. The first seems a local
species - the latter is said to be found in other parts o f the East Indies. Olivier has
given three varieties o f Scarabæus Molossus. Th e specimen figured in the annexed plate
is the v a r . c. o f that author.
Th e larvoe o f the larger kinds o f coleopterous insects, abounding m unctuous moisture,
are not less esteemed as food among some modern nations, than they were by the epicures
o f antiquity. In Jamaica and other islands in the W e st Indies, the larva o f the Pnon ns
damicornis. or Macokko beetle, is an article o f luxurious food ; and in China many insects
n. that state are appropriated to the same purpose. Thus, also, the Romans introduced