LUCANUS AND HISTER. 41 



To conclude then this long digression, — which I hope, 

 however, will not be found foreign to my original purpose 

 of investigating the nature of the Linneean Scarahai, — it 

 must be confessed that, excepting the situation of Hister, 

 which for the reasons assigned can no longer be held 

 doubtful, every thing with respect to our farther know- 

 ledge of the Saprophagous Recticera remains yet to be 

 done. 



