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TAB. XXXIV. 

 SCARAB.^US ovalis. 



Class 7. Insecta. Order 1 . Coleoptera. 

 Div. 1. TerrestreSj Scutellati, 



Gen. Char. Antennce clavate, capitulum fissile. 

 Front feet often dentated. 



Spec. Char. Oval, black. Legs pitch-coloured, 

 short, thick, dentated. Elytra sulcated. 



Among other new British Insects which my son found in 

 South Wales is this little Scarabaeus from the sandhills, or 

 burrows, called Skitty burrows, near Swansea. It is not re- 

 markable for its beauty j but any subject in Natural History 

 may be so for its locality, and in such case may be found 

 useful^ not merely as regarding itself, but the nature of the 

 climate, soil, and other circumstances. We do not know 

 of any place besides in Great Britain where it has been 

 found, except at Christchurch, by the Rev. W. Bingley, 



