xa INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. i. Scarabxus. 



ORDER L COLEOPTERA. 



Wings covered with critftaceousJJiells. 



I. SCARAB/EUS. Antennce clavate, the 

 club lamellate : feelers 4 : fore-Jhanks 

 generally toothed. Beetle. 



The larvae or grubs of beetles have 6 feet ; are annulate, hairy, 

 veficular at the end of the abdomen, and furnifhed with a 

 horny head ; they live quietly under ground ; mod of them 

 delight in and feed on dung ; thpfe of the ctlonia. on decayed 

 woods, and of the mtlolonthcz on the roots of plants : their 

 nymphs lie dormant under the earth. 



A. Feelers filiform. 

 a. Mandible arched. 

 t JVtthoitt teeth. 



% Thorax horned, fcutellate. 



Hercules. Horn of the thorax incurved, very large, bifid at the end, 

 bearded beneath and i -toothed ; horn of the head re- 

 curved, with feveral teeth above. 



Olivier's Infecls, 1,3, 6, 1. tab. l.fig. $• tab. 23. fig. 1. 



Inhabits South America: very large. 



Horn of the thorax bifid : fiiells fometimes pitchy or glaucous, 

 fpotted with black : female unarmed. 



Alcides. Horn of the thorax incurved, bearded beneath and 1 -tooth- 

 ed : horn of the head recurved, unarmed. 

 Olivier's Infecls, 1, 3, 7, 2. tab. l.fig. 2. 

 Inhabits India : halt the fize oif the laft. 

 Horn of the thorax not bifid at the end. 



Gideon. Horn of the thorax incurved, very large, fmooth, bifid at 

 the end : horn of the head recurved., 1 -toothed above. 

 Olivier's Infects, 1, 3, 14, 10. tab. n.fig.\o2. 

 Inhabits South America and India. 



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