io4 Insecta. Pterodicera, 



B. Mandibulce externe auf apice saltem crenatce vel dentatce ; 

 mentum ouatum, ad apicem coarctatum, truncatum (mar- 

 gine supero scepius paulisper emarginato et utrinque ad 

 angulos dilatatoj t facie antica plana aut saltem non poly" 

 gona; palpi articulo ultimo suhouali. 



(Corpus conuexum ; tJiorax antice angustior. ) 



Observatio. Antennse capitiilo tripliyllo. Maxillae saepissime 

 dentibus quinque; duobus ad apicem in linea lrans\ersa dis- 

 positis. 



CXCV. Genus. Scarab^^us. Scarahee. 



ScarabcBus , Linn.j de Geer, Oliv., La3I. — Geo~ 

 trupes j Fabricii. 



Spec. 1. ScARABMUs puNCTATVS. ScarahSe pointiJle. 



S. Brunneo-niger aut niger , vage confertimque impresso- 

 punctatusj mandibulis externe obtuse tridentatis ; clypeo antice 

 truncalo ; capiLis vertice illis {maiculis7 ^ linea elevata, trans- 

 versa et in medio unitubeixulala ; his [feminisl ) tuberculis 

 duobus approximatis , in linea transversa positis ; thorace mu- 

 tico ; elytro singulo nervis tribus, sublaevibus, obsolelis. 



Scarahceus punctatus. Vill. Entom. , tom. i , p. 4o, tab. i, 

 fig. 3 , fem. ? 



Scarahceus algerinus. Herbst. Coleopt. 2, tah. 17, fig. 6, 

 fem.? 



Scarahceus punctatus. Oliv. Entom,, tom, 1 , n°. Z, pl. 8, 

 fg. 70 , fem. ? 



Scarahceus punctulatus. Ross. Faun. etrusc, tom. 1 , p. g, 

 tah. 1 , fg. 1 , fem. ? 



Scarahee pointille. Latr. Hist. nat. des Crust. et des Insect, ^ 

 tom. 10, p. 170. 



Geotrupes punctatus. Fab. System. eleut, , tom. 1 , p. 18. 



Ceotrupes monodon. Ejusd. ibid. , tom. i, pt^S' ^7> ^^^^* ^ 



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