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same reason that Catholics carry the crucifix or cross, as an 
emblem of the religion they profess, and the God they worship. 
The next argument I have to adduce, are the situations in which 
these Sccirabcci were placed on the mummies : they are found on 
the chest next the flesh, and under the eyelids ; and why placed 
there, near the pulsation of the heart, and the organ of sight, the 
very situations of all others most indicative of life and animation. 
In concluding these remarks, it will be admitted by persons 
acquainted with Egyptian literature, that the Scurabceus may be 
considered as the emblem of fertility, of fecundity, and of gene- 
ration, influenced by the sun ; and it is not carrying my argument 
too far to assert, as we find the Scarabcei applied to the dead body 
in such places as near the heart and eye, that they may be 
regarded, since placed there, as indicating a belief that the heart 
would throb again, and the eye regain its sight ; in short, that 
the body should be reanimated, and the soul, having fulfilled its 
term of transmigration, should re-enter the body again, and 
become immortal. 
XXXIV. Description of a new Genus of Coleopterous In- 
sects from Corfu. By J. O. Westwood, F.L.S. 
[Read 3d October, 1836.] 
Order COLEOPTERA, Linn. 
Section Pentamera, Latr. 
Tribe Serricornes, Latr. 
Family Melyrid.e, Leach. Melyrides, Latr. 
Genus Amauronia,* Westw. 
Corpus parvum, oblongum, pilosulum, punetatum. 
Caput, cum oculis thorace paullo latius. Anlennce capitis lati- 
tudine vix longiores, articulis obconicis, versus apicem paullo 
incrassatae, pilosae ; articulo lmo majori, 2do parvo, reliquis 
sensim crescentibus, ultimo ovato. Labrum semicirculare, 
porrectum, setosum, margine coriaceo. Mandibulce trigonae, 
corneae, ad apicem bifidae. Maxillce lobis duobus distinctis 
pilosis. Palpi maxillares maxillarum longitudine ; articulo 
lmo et dtio brevibus, 2do mediocri, subclavato, 4to maximo, 
elongato-securitormi. Mention transversum, brevissimum. 
Labii membrana basalts distincta; apicalis (labium verum) 
subquadrata, ciliata. Palpi labiales 4-articulati, articulo lmo 
* A[xav£o( — obscuius, ab corporis colorem. 
