THE BUNG-EEETLE, 359 



There are levcral other fpecles nearly refembling it, in the 

 impurity of its habits, as well as its external form, 

 viz. the blue fcarabr^us, with the ejytra and back fmooth, 

 and the head armed with a rhomboidal helmet prominent 

 at the top f : The fcarabseus of an azure colour on the 

 head and thorax, black legs, and pale coloured elytra J; 

 The fcarabssus of an oval ()p;ure, and black colour; the 

 body fmooth, and the elytra ftriated : And the fcarabsus, 

 whole head and thorax are black and without hairs, the 

 legs pale ||. 



Thefe and many other pilular beetles are enumerated 

 in the f.mna fwecica of Linnaiis \ their lize and form are 

 not very diilerent, while they are charadlei'ifed by the 

 fame manners : They provvl continually amid every kind 

 of filth, lome of them having the fame naufeous fmeli 

 with the impure fubdances which they devour. 



The dung-beetle, which is here felecled for defci-ip" 

 tion, is fmooth and of a black colour above, fome mixed 

 with green; on tlie lower fide there are a few ilraggling 

 vibrifloe. The head refembles a hood, raifed in the mid- 

 dle, and projeding at the edges : The jaws extend be- 

 yond the head. The thorax lias a groove, in the middle ; 

 its circumference is marginated, and its figure is round 

 and fmooth. The elytra are ornamented with a great 

 number of longitudinal flreaks : underneath the colours 

 are various and brilliant, ccnfifting of dilYercnt Ihades 

 of blue and green. Theic is obfervable on the anterior 

 thighs, a fpot formed by feme red hairs, which, how- 

 ever, in fome fubjeds is wanting. The taifi appear 



weak 



f Syfleme Natuiale du Regne I^. r.iir.al, Ord. i. gen. I. fpec. 14. 

 I Idem ibidem, Tpcc. i c. || Rai, Infe(5ta, p. ic6. 



