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SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 



Furnifhed with fcutellum. Black: clypeus rhombic with a fmall 

 elevation or protuberance in the middle. Wing cafes furrowed. 



ScARAB^us Stercorarius: fcutellatus muticus ater, clypeo 

 rhombeo, vertice prominulo, elytris fulcatis. Limi, 

 Syji. ISJat. 2. 551. 42. 

 Fn. Sv. 388. 

 Fab. SyJi. Ent. 1-7. 60. 

 Spec, Inf. I. p. 18. 74. 

 Schaff. Icon, tab. 23. fig. 9. 



Like the preceding fpecies, this Beetle lives in the larva ftate in 

 the earth. The Winged Infeft is found in the dung of animals, 

 carrion, &c. Few infefls are found more numerous or general 

 throughout Europe than this. The colour is black, with very vivid 

 glofles of fhining blue, green, and purple, in different fpecimens; 

 and we have a variety of it from the fouth of Europe that is entirely 

 wf a dull reddiih colour. 



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