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giving original to fix Legs, the laft Joints of them all being broad, the 
Abdomen is tapering and made up of five Aznauli. The Head, Thorax 
above and below, and Sheaths for the Wings (which are a little longer 
than the Abdomen) are all of a fhining green Colour, the laft Pair of 
Legs is an Inch and a half long, and the firft Joints of all the Legs 
are reddith, the others black. The Feet have Claws, and the Abdomen 
is grey. 
Piet with itin a Wood, between Rio Nuevo and Milk River, inthe 
North Side of this Ifland, near an old Tree which was fallen crofs the Path. 
It fmelt very ftrong and not unpleafantly. 
XVII. Scarabeus Capricornus dictus major, elytris, fafctis vel Lineis albis, 
per dorfi longitudinem excurrentibus, variegatis. Tab. 237. Fig. 34. 
This is about an Inch long, it has a broad black Head, two reddifh 
thick, jointed, half Inch long Antenne, a broad Thorax with few Prickles, 
two Sheaths for the Wings tapering towards the End of the Abdomex from 
the Head to the Tail; ’tis of a fhining black Colour, with three white 
enamel’d Lines running its whole Length, one in the Middle, and two 
on each Side one; the Wings are brown, the under Part of the Thorax 
is black and white, the Legs are red, the laft Pair as long as the 
whole Beetle. 
They arefound in the Woods at fometimes of the Year. 
XVIII. Scarabeus, Capricornus dittus maximus, nigricans compreffus, ely- 
tris fafcijs coccineis & flavis, pulcherrime variegatis. Scarabeus nigricans, 
ce ex rubro fllavoque pulchriter maculatus. Mar. Sibyll. Merian. Metamor- 
phof- Infect. Surinam. p. 28. Tab. 28. 
Thad this from Samaica. Mr. Courter had one from the great Ri- 
ver of the Amazons in America, 
XIX. Scarabeus Capricornus dittus minor, elytrisex cinereo cy fufco vae 
riegatis, Tab. 237. Fig. 24. 
This is about half an Inch long and a quarter broad; the Avxtenve 
brown and jointed, longer than the Body and bow’d back. The Sheaths 
have fmall Protuberancies, the Legs are fix, fhaped as the former. All 
over it is of a light brown, grey, or afh Colour, with two Spots and 
fome waved Lines of a dark brown Colour. 
It is not unfrequent. 
XX. Scarabeus Capricornus dittus gracilis fufcus minor, elytris, maculis 
quatuor, pallide lutets, variegatis. Tab. 237. Fig. 21. 
This is near an Inch Jong, very flender. It hath an Inch and a half long 
jointed Antenna, fix Legs, two Sheaths of a reddifh brown Colour all 
over, only four or rather eight pale yellow Spots on both the Sheatus 
or Wings. 
Tis pretty common. 
XXI. Scarabeus Capricornus dittus fufcus, gracilis, minor, elytris, fafciis 
luteis tran[ver[is per dorfum excurrentibus, notatis 
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