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PLATE LXX. 



FIG. I. 

 SCARABi^US TESTUDINARIUS, 



' COLEOPTERA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennas clavated, their extremities fiiTile. Five joints in each 

 foot. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Head black without tubercles. Thorax black, punflured, and covered 

 with fhort foft hairs. Shells deeply and equally ftriated, fo as to pro- 

 duce even and regular ridges between the ftrias, which are of an obr. 

 fcure black, fprinkled with fmall fpots of a deep yellow. Feet are of 

 a dirty brown colour. 



This beautiful animal was defcribed by Fabricius as an Englifh 

 Infedt in his firfl work, the Syjiejna Entomologiie^ but we have never 

 (een a fpecimen of it before. A figure of this Infe61: may be found in 

 Fiiejly^ "Jahlonjky^ and Olivier \ but thefe works being in few hands, 

 we truft our figure v/ill not be unacceptable to the Englifh Entp- 

 ITiologift. 



Fig. J. The natural fize denoted by a line. 

 Fig. I. The magnified appearance. 



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