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The male wears a graceful horn on his head; a duplicate, in little, of that of the _Copris hispanus_.
Social Life in the Insect World Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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The most remarkable are a _Carabus_ of the beautiful colours of the _hispanus_, but with narrow striped cases to the wings, and a large _Prionus_: the joints of the feet, in this latter, are short and cylindrical, constituting a distinction from the whole family of the
A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 Otto von Kotzebue 1816
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