6o INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. i. Scarabseus. 



b. Mandible fir aight, Cetonia. 



Gofratus. Thorax pitchy, with white lines : (hells glaucous : fhield 

 projecting, bifid. 

 Inhabits Africa. Oliv. Inf. i, 6. tab. 9 fg. 33. 



Cacicui. Thorax yellowifli, with black lines : (hells whitifli, (potted 

 with black : fhield projecting, bifid. 

 Inhabits America. Oli*v. Inf. 1, 6. tab. 3. fig. 22. 

 Shells (lightly emarginate at the end : Jhield forked at the tip, the 

 divifions arched. 



Btfrons. P"H brafly : (hells brown fpeckled with white : fhield pro- 

 jecting, bifid : crown haftate. 



Inhabits South America : lei's than the laft. 



Head aeprejed: diviiions of the Jhield recurved, truncate obtufe : 

 croixn yvith an incumbent (harp ipine : antenna black : thorax 

 imprefled each fide : fiutel triangular -.fells with a white an- 

 gular ftripe acrofs the middle, fore Jkanks 2-toothed. 



Polyphemus. Green with white lines : head 3-horned, the middle one 

 projecting, bifid 

 Inhabits Africa. Olinj. Inf. I, 6. tab. 8. /. 61. 

 Head deprefled, covered with white down : antenna black : 

 thorax with 5 white lines, the middle one abbreviated : fcutel 

 triangular; (hells with 3 lines compoled of white fpots, the 

 middle one abbreviated : thighs with a white line each fide; 

 fore-Jhanks toothed each fide, the hind-ones ciliate. 



Miratft Green, polifhed : fhield projecting, recurved, bifid : fore- 

 lhartks ferrate. 

 Inhabits Africa. Oli<v. Inf. i, 6. tab. \.f. 2. 

 f&W carina te, with a fmall fpine each fide between the eyes: 

 Jhield with 2 denticles in the middle and 2 at the tip : fells 

 abbreviated, pointed, polilhed: fternum projecting, broad, ob- 

 tufe, with a fine longitudinal ferruginous line : abdomen wilh 

 an imprefTed point each fide the laft fegment. 



Ckilenfis. ^raffy: fhield emarginate, fubfpinous : thorax lobate hehind : 

 (hells pointed- 

 Inhabits China. Oli'v.Inf I, 6. tab. 2. fg. 5. 

 Shield cylyndric, widely emarginate : thorax and fells brafly- 

 green, immaculate : fiernum prominent, obtufe : body chefnut, 

 a little fpotted with black.- hind-thighs black with a red dot :, 

 all the tarfi black. 



Nijrritus, Smooth, black : fhield emarginate fubfpinous : thorax lo- 

 bate behind. 

 Inhabits Ceylon. Oli<v. Inf. 1, 6. tab. 10. fig. 92. 

 Shield fquare, widely notched, the ends projecting : thorax with 

 a lateral brown fpot : legs black. 



*Aurattus 



