INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. i. Scarabceus. 31 



Carolinus. Thorax retufe, with 2 knobs : horn of the head ercd"l ? 

 very fhort : fhield entire : (hells grooved. 

 Inhabits Carolina. Olivier's Infects, 1, 3. tab. 22. fig. 113. 

 Black, obtufe, gibbous, a finger thick. 



Nifus. Thorax rounded : horn of the head very fhort, emarginate. 



Inhabits Cayenne. Olivier s Infects, 1, 3. tab. 2.fg, 17. 

 Antenna black, with a yellow knob : thorax imprefled each 

 fide : fulls filiate. 



Onentalis. Thorax rounded : horn of the head very fhort : fhells 

 flriate. 



Inhabits Eafi India : not half the fize of the la ft. 

 Shield founded, entire : thorax rounded, fmooth, dufky, ob- 

 fcurely bituberculate before. 



Plutus. Thorax with an impreffed point each fide: horn of the 



head very fhort, fubulate. 

 Inhabits Eafi India. Fabric. Append. 4. 436. 

 Shield rounded, emarginate : fiells hardly flriate : body black : 



knob of the antenna: ferruginous. 



Sphinx. Thorax with 4 imprefled points: head flightly horned; 

 fore-tarfi o. 



Inhabits America, France, Olivier's InfeSls, 1, 3. tab. 7. fig. 57. 

 \ Fore- thighs thick, comprefted ; fecond pair with clavate (hanks 

 and very fhort tarfi. 



Unguicula- Head with 2 tranfverfe lines: thighs toothed : fore-fhank:- 

 *i*. clawed beneath, tarfi o. 



Scarab, unguiculatus. Olivier's Infects, 1,3. tab. 20. fig. 28c. 

 Inhabits Senegal: fize of Se. fphinx. 



Shield entire, black, with 2 railed lines : thorax large, polifhed, 

 pun&ufed each fide and 2 at the bafe : fhells fhort, flriate : 

 thighs with each a flrong tooth at the tip : fore-fianks with 

 a flrong incurved claw in the middle : tarfi 0, 

 Female, legs fimple, tarfi o. 



Nicanor* Thorax with 4 hnprefTed points : horn of the head recurv- 

 ed, 2-toothed : fhells flriate. 



Inhabits America, Drury, i.tab. 35. fig. 1. 



Shield projecting, emarginate before : thorax black, truncate 

 before, rounded behind. 



Fricator. Thorax elevated, pointed before: horn of the head trun- 

 cate, flightly emarginate. 



Olivier's 



