40 P L x^ T E CCXXXI. 



FIG IV. IV. 



DERMESTES SC ARAB^OI DES. 

 SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



STNONTMS. 

 Ovated. Black. Two red fpots on the wing-cafes. 



Dekmestes Scarab^oides. Linn. Syji. Nat. 2. 563. 17. — 



Fn. Sv. 428. 

 Sph^ridium Scarab^oides : ovatum atrum elytris maculis 



duabus ferrugineis. Fah. Ent. SyJi. I. 77. 6. I. 



Found in dung. Fabricius feparatcs this fpecies from the Der- 

 nieftides^ and places it in a new genus Spharidium, 



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