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labours of the hufbandman : The more induftrious he has 

 been, and the riclier his fields are, the more is he expofed 

 to their unwelcome vififations. Thofe which have ob- 

 tained the name of />z7«/«rzV delight in thefilthiefl matter; 

 and they have obtained that appellation from thofe round 

 balls of excrement which they form, in order to depofit 

 their eggs. Happily for the fcanty produftions of thefe 

 northern climates, only a fmall proportion of thefe nau- 

 leous and deftrm^ive infecls are produced there : fewer, 

 perhaps, are found in Britain than in the correfponding 

 latitudes upon the continent. 



0£ the fcarahaif properly fo called, there are three dl- 

 fiin£l families : In the firil, the thorax is armed with 

 liorns ; the fecond has horns upon the head, and is un- 

 armed in the thorax ; in the third, both the head and 

 thorax are without horns. Some of the infe6lj belonging 

 to each of thefe families s.rc fcuiel/ati, or furnidied with 

 that part called the efcutcheon, while others belonging to 

 each of them are without it. Our enumeration fhall 

 comprehend a fpecics belonging to each of thefe fami* 

 lies. 



li/je Bull-coniber *« 



1 HIS fpecies is not very frequent in Britain ; and is of 



a very fingular conformation. The body is broad and 



lliort ; the elytra have longitudinal flreaks that difappear 



2, gradually 



Scarabisus Typh»Bs, Lin. Syft. 



