54 INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. i. Scarabseus. 



Olivier's Infects, 1, 5. tab. 2. fig. 17. 



Inhabits gardens and orchards of Europe : the grub is very de- 



ftru&ive to the roots cf cabbages, and the beetle to the 



apple tree. 



Abdomi- Head and thorax blue, hairy: (hells teftaceous : abdomen 

 nalis. covered with white down. 



Inhabits Italy, Antenna: teftaceous : legs black. 



Floricola, Black-blue, fmooth : (hells rufous : abdomen with fafcicu.- 

 late white dots : (hield reflected. 

 Inhabits Africa. Herbjl, Arch. tab. 20. fig. 8. 

 Shells rarely black. 



Arvicola. Hairy: fhield reflected: thorax blueifli : body black. 

 Inhabits Ruffia. Olivier's Infects, 1, 5. tab, 7. fig. 84. 

 Pvtfembles Sc. horticola : faells black. 



Pratkola. Thorax a little hairy, varied with yellow and black ; (hells 



teftaceous. 

 Inhabits Siberia. Olivier's Infects, 1, 5. tab. f'fig* 74. 

 Shield hardly reflected : fcutel black : fhells pale teftaceous, 



fometimes with a black band in the middle. 



Fruticola, Head and thorax covered with blue down : (hells livid 

 fhield reflected at the tip. 

 Inhabits Europe. Olivier's Infects, 1. 5. tab. 2. fig. 13. 

 Female with a large fquare black fpot on the {hells and fur- 

 rounding the fcutel. 



Agricola. Thorax downy : (hells livid, with a black border and band 

 (hield reflected at the tip. 



Inhabits Germany. Olivier's Infects, 1, 5. tab. 2. fig, 19. 

 Band on the fi hells fometimes obfolete. 



*Ruricola. Black, filky : fhells rufous, furrounded with a black edge. 

 Inhabits England. Olivier's Infects, 1, 5. tab. 3-fig> 25. 

 Shells fometimes dufky with a darker edge. 



Atomarius. Minutely fpeckled with white: thorax caniculate, black 



(hells brown : abdomen white, with lateral black dots. 



Inhabits the Cape. Olivier's Infects, 1, 5. tab. 5. fig. 52- 



Shells brown powdered with white fpecks : abdomen mow) 



with a line of black dots each fide. 



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