SCARAB^US. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae ten-jointed, the club composed of 

 oblong-oval lamellae, which have an almost com- 

 mon insertion; body ovoid, convex; mandibles 

 with their external edge crenulated ; maxillae 

 corneous, dentated; labrum entirely concealed; 

 palpi filiform. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



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The genus possessed of the above characters, 

 retains the Linnaean name of Scarab^us in the 

 system of Latreille, and corresponds with the 

 genus Geotrupes of Fabricius; whilst the ge- 

 nus ScARABiEus of the latter author, is the same 

 with Geotrupes of Latreille. Although, in the 

 small portion of the present work, printed in the 

 year 1817, I adopted the Fabrician designation, 

 yet as Entomologists have generally chosen La- 

 treille's nomenclature in this respect, I have 

 thought it necessary to acquiesce in their de- 

 cision. 



PLATE IV. 



