S 6 INSECTS. GOLEOPTERA. r. Scarab*u$. 



+ + + + $ Thorax and head unarmed t fcutellate. 



Longima. Fore-legs arched, very long. 



' nus . Inhabits India. Olivier's Infects, 1, 3. tab. 4»fig* 27. 



Fore- thighs armed with a ftrong fpine. 



*Stereora- Black : fhield rhombic : crown a little prominent : fhells 

 rius. grooved. Dor. Clock beetle. 



Inhabits Europe. Olivier's Infects, 1 ,3. tab. §-fig* 39. 

 Donavon's Englifi Infects, viii. plate 264. fig. 3. 

 Flies about in an evening in a circulcr dire&ion with a loud 

 buzzing noife, and is faid to fpretel a fine day : was by th>* 

 Egyptians confecrated to the fun : is infefted with the acarus 

 and ichneumon : body often with a blueifh or greenifh glofs, 

 fometimes brafly beneath : Jliells frequently dull rufous. 



*Vernalis. Shells without (freaks or punctures : fhield rhombic : crown 

 a little prominent. 



Inhabits Europe. Olivier's InfeEls, 1, 3. tab,. 2. Jig. 15. 

 Smells of muik, and like the laft has an oval-ferruginous downy 

 fpot at the bale of the fore-thighs. 



Cordalis. Black : thorax heart-fhaped before, impreffed, mticronate : 

 head with 2 tubercles. 



Inhabits Guadeloupe : larger than Sc. ftercorarius. 

 Shield emarginate : thorax rounded : fells punclured : flanks 

 toothed. 



Excavatus Thorax retufe, mucronate : fhield reflected, entire. 

 Inhabits Naples. Petagna, Inf. Calab. tab. i-fg. 6. 

 Melontha cornuta. Olivier's Infects, 1, 5. tab. 9. fig. 74. 

 Thorax fmooth, black, polifhed : fiells {lightly filiate, with a 



pitchy dot at the bale : body hairy, pitchy : thighs very 



thick. 



Talpa. Thorax mucronate before : fhield with an elevated tranf- 

 verfe line, the tip reflected, emarginate. 

 Inhabits «S*. Bartholomew's illand : larger than Sc. juvencus. 

 Thorax punctured, black, polifhed, with a fmall imprefled dot 

 before the fpirie : fiells ftriate, black : body hairy, pitchy. 



jfuvencus. Thorax imprefTed before and mucronate. 



Inhabits America. Olivier's Infects, 1,3. tab. 8. fig. 66. 

 Shield rouqded, with a railed line acrois the middle: thorax. 

 rounded, punftured, black : fiells pitchy, with crenate (tripes : 

 body hairy, pitchy, 



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