t PLATE CUV. J9 



F I G. IV. 



SCARAB.EUS LUNAR IS, 



LuNATED Beetle. 



COLEOPTERA. 

 SCARAB-'giUS. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



■ AND 



STNO NTMS. 



Entirely black. On the head a lunated helmet and an ere£l horn.. 

 Thorax with three horns ; the center one obtufe and divided by a 

 longitudinal furrow. Eight furrows down each (hell. 



ScARAB^us LUNARis: exfcutellatus, thorace tricorni, intermedlo 

 obtufo bifido, capitis cornu eredo. clypeo 

 emarginato. Linn. Syji, Nat. 2. 543. 10.— 

 Fn. Sv. 379. 



Fab. Spec. Inf. I. 24. 108, 



Coprls capitis clypeo lunulato, margine elevato, corniculo denticu- 

 lato. Geoff. Inf. I. 88. I. 



Scarahaus ovinus tertius f. capite operculato. Raj. Inf. 103, ~- 



Sc%rah<£us naficornis medius. Fr'ifch. hf. 4. 25. tal, 7. 

 Pet. Gazoph. tab. i^^- fig- 4- 

 Schctff. Icon. tab. 63. fig. 2. 3, $ . % , 

 Berg fir ceff. Nomencl. i. 5, 9. tab. i. fig. 9. et 

 tab. 4.. fig. ^. 



This is by no means a common Beetle. It is found generally 



amongft the loofe fand on heaths, the dung of animals, or carrion. 



The female is nearly as large as the male, and has not the ere£l horn 



on the head. 



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