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Insecta, Pterodicera. 



Copris lunarts. Illig, Coleopt. Bor. , tom. i , p, Sg- 



Copris lunaris. Fab. System. eleut. , tom. i , p. 36. 



Bousier lunaire. Latr. Hist. nat. des Crust. et des Insect., 

 tom. 1, p. 99 , pl- 82;, fig. 3 , 4. 



Scarabeus lunarif. Linn. System. nat. ^ ed. i3 , tom. i , pars 

 1 , p. 545. — Faun. Suec. , edit. i , n° . 5^9. 



Scarahe lunaire. OLir. Entom. , tom. 1 , n°. 5 ^ pl. 5 , fig. 

 36, a. b. 



Rms. Ins. tom. 2, Scarab., class. 1 , tab. B. ,fig. 2. 



Fanz. Faun. Insect. Germ. ,fasc. 4^ j fig. 4. 



Habitat iii Eui-opa, stercore. — Femina cornu mullo brc- 

 viore thoraceque minus anlice prominulo. Palpi labiales arti- 

 culo basilari elongato et angusto. In C. Carolino vero idem ar- 

 ticulus latus, subsemiorbiculalus et oblique ad apicem Iruncatus. 



C. Emarginatus mas praecedenlis feminse omnino fere similis , 

 capitis cornu tantum emarginato. 



b. Antennce scepissime articulis novem distinctis, in perpaucis 

 octo tantum ; femora aut quatuor postica saltem elongato- 

 ovalia } tibice posticce elongatce , tenues , tetragonce ; tarsi 

 articulis elongafis , suhconicis. ( Corpus illis depressum , fere 

 duplo latius quam altius ; his , at raro , elevatum , crassum, 

 diametro perpendiculari transverso subcequali , et tunc an- 

 tennce articulis solum octo distinctis. ) 



Observationes. Palpi labiales articulo basilari sive primo 

 subovali aut sublransverso et intus dilatalo ; apicali subovato 

 aut subobconico 5 anlennas saepius clava fere tunicata , arliculo 

 septimo octavi , islo ultimi maximam parlem recipientibus ; 

 thorax poslicc rotundatus, margine arcuato. 



CLXXXIII. Genus. Ateuchus. Ateuchus. 



Ateuchu-i , JWeb. y Fab.j Illig. — ScnrabcEUS.Liyi. , 

 j)E Geer, Oliv. — Cnpris , GEorr. — Actinophorus j 

 Sturm. — Gymnopleurus , Illiger. 



Antennce articulis noyem. 



