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ScARABUS Lessoni, Blaimille, Diet. Sci. Nat. pi. 48. fig. 32; 

 Lesson, Voy. de la Coquille, vol. ii. p. 334. pi. 10. fig. 4. 



Auricula Petiveriana, var. Deshayes. 



S. testa ovatd, longitudinaliter substriatd, rufo-castaneo vane- 

 gatd ; spird lateribus concavis ; aperturd oblongd, spird lon- 

 giore ; labio subplano, labro postice arcuato. 

 Hab. New Ireland ; Hinds. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 The oval form and oblong mouth render this species easily distin- 

 guished from S. imbrium : the upper tooth on the inner lip is longer, 

 and two of the five teeth in the outer hp are more prominent than 

 the others. 



ScARABUS Petiverianus, Ferussac, Prodrome, p. 101 ; Petiver, 



Gazophylacia Naturae, pi. 4. fig. 10. 

 Cochlea Bengalensis, P^'^a-er.— Auricula Peteveriana, Desk. 

 S. testd ovato-oblongd, IcBviusculd, longitudinaliter tenuissim^ 

 striata, albidd castaneo variegatd ; aperturd spirant (Bquante ; 

 labro arcuato. 

 Hab. Borneo ; Cagayan, pro\-ince of Misamis ; Mindanao ; in 

 damp woods, under decayed leaves ; H. C. (Mus. Cuming.) 



This species is characterized by its smaller size, more ovate form, 

 smoother epidermis, the arcuated outer Up, and rotundate aperture. 



ScARABUS TRiGONUs, Troschel, Wiegmann's Archiv, 1840. 



S. testd triangulari, rufo-fusco marmoratd, anfractu ultimo trans- 

 verso gibbo angidato, aperturd angustatd, labro valde rejlexo. 



Hab. Sarsogon ; Luzon ; dense woods, damp places ; //. C. (Mus. 

 Cuming.) 



The triangular form, approaching that of Tomogerus, at once di- 

 stinguishes this species : the middle tooth on the inner lip is double, 

 the upper tooth prominent : there are five teeth in the outer lip, two 

 being more prominent than the others. 



ScARABUS PLiCATUS, Fcrussac, Prodrome, p. 101 ; Chemn. Conch, 

 vol. ix. pi 136. fig. 1252, 1253. 



Helix scarabseus, var. Chemn. — Auricula plicata, Deshayes. — 

 Scarabus triangularis, Benson. 



S. testd subtriangulari, obliqud, gibbosd, spird brevi, acuminatd, 

 lateribus concavis, anfractu ultimo postice gibboso antich sub- 

 angulato distorto, epidermide longitudinaliter oblique striatd, 

 castaned, fasciis pallidis confuse ornatd ; aperturd august d, la- 

 bio ayitice Jtexuoso, labro arcuato, untick valde dilatatd, reflexd, 

 rimd umbilicali longd transversd. 



Hab. India; Benson. Jaffna, in saline marshes; Dr. Gardner. 

 (Mus. Cuming.) 



Scarabus striatus. Reeve, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1842, vol. ix. 

 p. 220. fig. 9. 



Auricula scarabseus. Quay, Voy. de r Astrolabe, Zool. vol. ii. p. lt)2. 

 pi. 13. f. 24. 



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