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MIOCENE FAUNA. 



fig. 260, and C. spectabilis, Heer, fig. 261) resemble G. cariosa, 

 Pall., not only in form and size, but even in the shape and colo- 

 ration of the elytra, which are well preserved. The two round 



Fig. 259. Fig. 260. Fig. 261. Fig. 262. Fig. 263. 



258. 



V 

 Fig. 264. Fig. 266. 



Fig. 267. 



Fig. 268. Fig. 270. 



Fig. 258. Ancylochim tincta, Heer, twice nat. size. 



Fig. 259. Chalcophora Icevigata, Heer. 



Fig. 260. Capnodis antiqua, Heer. 



Fig. 261. Capnodis spectabilis, Heer. 



Fig. 262. Elater (Alaus) spectabilis^ Heer. 



Fig. 263. Melolontha Greithiana, Heer, from Greitli, on the Ilohe- 



Rhonen. 



Fig. 264. Lepitrix germanica, Heer, enlarged. 

 Fig. 265. Valgus ceningensis, Heer. 

 Fig. 266. Trichius cedilts, Heer, restored. 

 Fig. 267. Copris Druidum, Heer, restored. 

 Fig. 268. Onthophagus prodromus, Heer, twice nat. size. 

 Fig. 269. Oniticellus amplicottis, Heer, twice nat. size. 

 Fig. 270. Gymnopleurus rotundatus, Heer. 



black spots on the thorax, and the lighter colour of the base of 

 the elytra, can be seen quite distinctly. The living species is an 

 inhabitant of Southern Europe, Egypt, and the East, and is 



