Mega scops (megaskops)

[NL., megaseme (meg'a-sēm), a. and n. [ If above 89, it [the orbital index] is megaseme . Quain, Anat., I. 83. II. n. A skull having a large index. Megasoma (meg-a-sō'mä), n. [NL., rebody.] 1. A genus of large cetonian coleopters, typical of the subfamily Megasominæ, having the pro sternal proce glabrous; Hercules-beetles or elephant-beetles. M. elephas, M. typhon, M. actœon, and M. thersites are American species of these huge beetles. All these are South American except M. thersites, which is Californian. They are the largest coleopters known. The genus was established by Kirby in 1825. 2. A genus of lepidopterous insects. Boisdu val, 1836.