Volume 1

The coleopterist's manual, containing the Lamellicorn insects of Linneus and Fabricius / By the Rev. F.W. Hope.

  • Frederick William Hope
Date:
1837-1840
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The coleopterist's manual, containing the Lamellicorn insects of Linneus and Fabricius / By the Rev. F.W. Hope. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    which are in my possession. ‘The species received from New Holland appear to differ from any of those which inhabit the New or Old World, The reason I do not here attempt a new arrangement is, that the forms are varied, and require a very careful and minute investigation. Sp. 35. Marianus.—This is only the female of Dynastes Tityus; the former name must therefore be considered only as a synonym. Sp. 36. Gigas.—Now an Heliocopris. This gi- gantic insect is closely allied to Copris Isidis of Savigny, and may justly be ranked among those beetles which antiquity esteemed as sacred. It frequently occurs engraved on the obelisks of Egypt, and on the tombs of the kings, and is met with in collections sculptured of various sizes. As it very commonly occurs engraved at the temples of Osiris or the Sun, I suggest the adoption of the term Heliocopris to include all those species of Copris allied to C. Gigas, Linn. ‘The following insects range with it: viz. C. Midas, Bucephalus, Antenor, Isidis; and to these may be added from my own collection those which are mentioned in Mr. Pettigrew’s work on Egyptian Antiquities, namely, C. Osiris, Apis, Memnon, Sesostris, Meeris,
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