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Un scarabée capricorne blanc avec des rayes canelles de la baye de Honduras
Trans.: A white capricorn scarab with cinnamon rays from the Bay of Honduras

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

August 1765

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Scraps, Library Company of Philadelphia, no. 96, 1

Notes:

Capricorn beetles are endemic to Europe and are not found in Central America, although many species in the family Scarabaeidae are found there.

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Du Simitière's Common Name:

Capricorn scarab