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PLATE CCCXXIII. 



SCARABiEUS LURIDUS. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antenna terminate in a club, which is divided longitudinally into 

 laminas or plates. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



STNONTMS. 



Scutellum, thorax and head black. Wing-cafes pale brown, ftriated, 

 and fomewhat teffellated with linear black marks. 



ScARAB^us LURIDUS : fcutellatus capite tuberculato ater, elytris 



grifcis nigro ftriatis. Fab. Ent. Syji, T. i. /•. 29. 



Sp.<)i. 

 SCARAB^US LURIDUS. OUv. Inf. I. 3. Qo. loo. tab, 18. fig. 68. 



and tab. 26. fig. 168. 

 Scarabjeus teflellatus. Myll. Zool. Dan. 



Jabl. Coleopt. 2. tab. 18, fig. 3. 



Fabricius defcribes this fpecies from a fpecimen in the cabinet of 

 Sir J. Banks, and notes its habitat England. From this circum- 

 ftance v/e may infer that it is not common in other countries, though 

 we are certain it is a native of Denmark and Germany. 



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