27. 

 APHODIUS VILLOSUS. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Apliodiadae Leach. 



Type of the Genus Scarabaeus Fossor Linn. 



Apiiodius ///., Fab., Lat., Gyl. Scarabaeus Lhin. 



AntenncE rather short, inserted under the clypeus, at the base of 

 the mandibles, 9-jointed 5 first joint long, robust, cylindric ; 

 second joint more or less globular 3 third small; fourth, fifth, 

 and sixth transverse, somewhat cup-shaped ; seventh, eighth, 

 and ninth, forming a nearly globose ovate lamellated club. (f. (i.) 

 Labrum concealed by the clypeus, membranaceous^ subquadrate ; 

 angles rounded, ciliated, (1.) 



Mandibles concealed by the clypeus, dilated and corneous at the 

 base, membranaceous, rounded, entire, striated at the apex, ci- 

 liated. (2.) 



Maxillce crustaceous, terminated by a dilated lobe, thickly covered 

 with short hair externally, ciliated ; and having a bifid lobe on 

 the internal side below the base of the palpi, pilose, and ciliated ; 

 Palpi 4-jointed, rather long, filiform, naked ; first joint small 3 

 second and fourth longer than the third joint. (3.) 

 Mentum somewhat quadrate, deeply emarginate, pilose : Palpi 

 short, cylindric, smooth with a few hairs ; joints nearly equal. 

 Labium membranaceous, bilobed, fimbriated. (4.) 

 Clypeus semicircular or lunate, in many tuberculated. Thorax tranS' 

 verse-quadrate. Scutellum distinct. Elytra convex, completely cover- 

 ing the abdomen, when viewed conjointly longer than broad. Wings 2. 

 Feet all equi-distant, robust. Thighs with a)t impressed line of hairs 

 inside, particularly in thejirst pair. Anterior tibiae trideniate exter- 

 nally (5. a fore leg) : four posterior tibiae with 2 spines at their 

 apex. Tarsi 5 -jointed. 



ViLLOsus Gyl. Lis. Suec. t. 1. p. 40. h. 38. 



Shining : ferruginous, (-lypeus angular, narrowed before, 

 scarcely emarginate, without tubercles, punctured : thorax trans- 

 verse, convex, thickly punctured, with a smooth line down the 

 centre, pubescent. Scutellum small. Elytra convex, pilose, 

 piceous, more fuscous on the back, with seven broad furrows 

 having a line of punctures down each side ; interstices flat, shin- 

 ing. Legs and underside pale piceous. 



/rt the Cabinet of Mr. Vigors. 



As it is the intention of my friend Mr. Stephens to publish 

 a Catalogue of British Insects, coniprehenchng all the orders, 



