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*Nuchi- 

 cornis. 



INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. r, Scarabaus. 



Thorax rounded : hind-head with *an erecl fpine : fhield 

 emarginate. 



Inhabits Europe. Olivier' s Infects, i, 3. tab. 7. jig. 55. 

 Donovan's Englijh Infects, viii. plate 255. Jig. 2. 



Xlphias. Thorax ilightly pointed before : hind-head with an erecl 

 fpine : fhield entire. * 

 Inhabits Saxony : lei's than Sc. nuchicornis. 

 Shield rounded, entire, black : thorax rounded, black, immacu- 

 late : fkells fmooth teftaceous, fpotted with black : female 

 with 2 raifed lines acrofs the fhield. 



^Nutans Thorax impreffed before : hind-head with an erecl: fpine, 

 nodding at the* tip : body black. 

 Inhabits Saxony. Olivier 1 s Injects, 1, 3. tab. it. jig. 188. 

 Donovan's Englijh Infects, viii. plate 255. fig. 1. 

 Shield rounded, entire. 



jEneus. Thorax brafly : horn of the head erecl, truncate. 



Inhabits Tranquebar. Olivier's Infects, 1,3. tab. t^fig. 128. 

 Female with 2 tubercles on the thorax. 



Thoracicus Thorax coppery, polifhed : horn of tlae head long, fimple: 

 fhells teftaceous, with a black band. 

 Inhabits Senegal. Olivier's Infe&s, 1, 3. tab. 25. fig. 218. 

 Shield rounded, entire, the horn (lightly recurved and as long 

 as the thorax : fhells fmooth. 



Scabrofus. Thorax rugged : horn of the head ere£i, Very fhort : fhells 

 teftaceous with black rough dots. 

 Inhabits Surinam. Voet. Scarab, tab. 25. jig. 23. 

 Shield coppery, truncate before : thorax duiky, variolous : 

 fhells filiate with raifed black dots : body blackifh. 



Furcatus. Thorax rounded : head with 3 erecl: approximate horns, 

 the middle one fhorter. 

 Inhabits Europe. Oliver's Infects, 1, 3. tab. %.fig» 61 • 

 Female with a raifed tranfverfe line. 



Rpcticornis Black ; head with 2 erecl: horns : fhield rounded. 

 Inhabits Europe. Lejk. It. tab. A. fig. 8. 9. 



*Vcrti- Thorax grey, dotted with black : horn of "the head erecl, 

 cornis. very fhort. 



Inhabits 



