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TAB. LVII. 

 SCARAB.^US pumilus. 



Class 5. Insecta, Order 1. Coleoptera. 



Spec. Char. Black. Thorax of the male armed 

 with three horns : the intermediate one very short ; 

 the lateral ones protended shorter than the head ; 

 sides of the thorax rugose. 



Syn. Scarabasus pumilus. Marsh. Eiit. Brit. 1.8. 



71. 2. 



T n r *i, I- J r of the male 64r'\ 

 Length of the body -l 



m lie 3- 



-ftmale 7 I r 

 , ' >lines. 



temale 4 J 



1 HIS Insect was first taken by the Rev. J. BurrelJ^ in the 

 neighbourhood of Holt, in Norfolk. The Rev. R.Sheppard 

 jias since found it occasionally in the springs on Rushmere 

 and Martlehani heaths, between Ipswich and Woodbridge, 

 in Suffolk. 



Although it very nearly resembles Sc. Typhcsus Linn, it 

 is, we think, nevertheless, quite distinct; it differs from 

 it not only in size, being considerably smaller, but the 

 horns of the thorax, compared with the head, are much 

 shorter, and the surface of its sides more unequal, rugose, 

 with a greater number ot" impressed points. In the female, 

 which is larger than the male, instead of lateral horns, the 

 thorax is armed on each side with a short tooth, or rather 



