INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. i. Scarabsus. 43 



Scabratus. Black ; fhield emarginate : thorax fmooth : fhells rough. 

 Inhabits the Cape : half the fize of the laft;. 



Schcefferi. Thorax rounded: fhield emarginate: fhells -triangular : 



hind-thighs long, toothed. 

 Olivier 's Infetts, 1, 3. tab- 5. Jig. 41. 

 Inhabits warm banks of Germany : depofits its eggs in round 



balls of cow-dung which it rolls up with its hind T feet and 



buries. 



Volvens. Black, opake, fmooth : thorax rounded behind : fhield 

 emarginate : (hells entire. 

 Olivier' s InfeEls, 1, 3. tab, 10. Jig. 89. 

 Inhabits Europe, and like the laft rolls up balls of dung. 



Pillularius Black, opake, fmooth : fhield fubemarginate, with 2 raifed 

 oblique lines. 

 Inhabits Europe. Olivier's Injects, t, 3. tab. 10. Jig: 91. 

 Body beneath braffy : thorax, rounded behind. 



Obli 



auus. 



Brown ; thorax braffy, obliquely retufe each fide : fhield 

 entire. 



Inhabits Senegal. Olivier's Injects, 1, 3. tab. 9. Jig. 78. 

 Shield rounded, polifhed, braify : thorax with an oblique edgp 

 before : Jhells ftriate brown. 



Spialens. Black ; fhield emarginate : fhells fkiate. 

 Scarab, fqualidus. Fabricius, i. l.p. 68. 

 Inhabits Brajil : fize of Sc. Schreberi. 



Head and thorax fmooth, polifhed: shield emarginate, the 

 lobes rounded. 



Sdireberi. Black, glabrous: fhells with 1 red fpots. 



Inhibits Saxony. Olivier's Injects, 1, 3. tab, iq.jig* 1 76. 

 Size of Sc. nuchicornis : thighs red. 



Calcaratus Head fhielded, enjarginate : hind-thighs toothed. 

 Inhabits Egypt, Gmelin, 1, 4, p. 1556. 



Glaber. Glabrous, black ; legs dull rufous. 



Scarab, glabratus. Fabricius, 1.1.^.68. 

 Inhabits Barbary ; body roundifh, glabrous. 



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