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INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. i. Scarabams. 



Serr&tus. Dull teftaceous ; fhield emarginate : thorax ferrate on the 



edge. 

 Inhabits Coromandel. Olivier' s Infects, 1, 5. tab. i.fig. 5. 

 Shield brown, elevated at the tip : thorax Smooth, dull tefta- 



ceous, Ferrate at the edge with black teeth : fiells with a few 



obfolete raifed lines. 



+Melolon- Teftaceous ; thorax hairy : tail inflected : a triangular 

 tka* white fpot at each incifure of the abdomen. 



Tree beetle. Cockchaffer 



Donovan's English Infects, viii. plate 264. fg. 2. 



Olivier' 's IvfeEls, 1, 5. tab. l.fig. 1. 



Inhabits in great numbers the northern part of Europe, and is 

 the mod mifchievous of all European infects : the grub is 

 foft and grey with teftaceous head and legs, remains in the 

 earth 3 years before it is transformed into the perfect inlett., 

 and devours the roots of corn and other vegetables, fome- 

 times laying wafte a large tract of country : the beetle flicks 

 to trees the leaves of which it feeds upon, and is eagerly 

 fought after and devoured by fwine, bats, crows and poultry : 

 if they appear in tke autumn in confiderable quantities they 

 are laid to forerun epidemic dilordcrs. 



Varies annually in having the thorax rufous and black : the 

 male is diftinguifhed by a pointed inflect-ed tail. 



Viliofus. Teftaceous ; fhield margined, reflected : body beneath 

 downy : fcutel white. 



Inhabits louthern Europe. Olivier' s Infects, 1,5. t. 1. f. 4. 



Size of the laft : shield larger and broader than in others, re- 

 flected at the tip : thorax rounded, black, with ferruginous 

 down : fnells teftaceous : body beneath covered with a thick 

 white down. 



Pilofus. 



Occiden- 

 talism 



Downy, blackiih : fhield reflected, (lightly emarginate ; 

 antennae ferruginous. 

 Inhabits Hungary : lefs. than the laft. 

 Scutel broad, (lightly emarginate. 



Teftaceous \ thorax downy : fhells with 4 fnowy lines. 



Inhabits Europe. Olivier' s Infects, 1, 5. tab. i.fig-7. 



Fervidus. Glabrous, teftaceous : fhield emarginate. 



Inhabits America. Olivier's Infects, 1, 5. tab. \*fig» 32, 

 Body teftaceous with a blueifh caft. 



Reflexus. 



