INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. 6. Melyris. 89 



Pihfus. Teftaceous, hairy : fliells ftriate pun&ured, retufe and 

 toothed at the tip. 

 Inhabits Germany, Muf, Left, p. 6. n, 1 1 3. 



5. SYNODENDRON. Antenna clavate, the 

 club lamellate : thorax gibbous, muri- 

 cate or unequal : lip filiform, horny, 

 palpigerous at the tip. 



*Cylindri- Thorax truncate before, 5-toothed : head with an ere& horn. 



cum% Scarab ceus cylindricus Gmelin, p, 1 532. 



Oliv. Inf. I, 3. t.g, f. 80. 

 Inhabits Europe, Female unarmed. 



Uurkatum Thorax muricate, gibbous : fhells 2-fpined before the tip. 



Bojirichus bidentatus Gmelin, p. 1 602. 



Olivier s Infecl, J J, tab, I. f. I. 



Inhabits Europe and Africa', in wood. 



Shells dull teftaceous, retufe behind, with a long black hooked 



tooth at the future, and another lefTer one at the margin : 



antennx teftaceous. 



Capuchins, Shells entire, black ; thorax rough before. 

 Bojirichus capucinus Gmelin, p. 1 600. 

 Inhabits Coromandel . half the lize of the laft. 

 thorax with numerous raifed denticles before: Jhells naked 

 retufe at the tip. 



Dominica- Smooth, black, dufky: fhells ftriate: legs pitchy. 

 mm* Inhabits S. America', fmall. 



Head black, bent under the thorax: thorax prominent before; 

 fhells entire ftriate. 



6. MELYRIS. Antennce entirely perfoliate: 

 head inflected under the thorax: thorax 

 margined : lip clavate, emarginate:j#ztf 

 i-toothed, pointed. 



Green; fhells with 3 raifed lines. 



Inhabits the Cape. Oliv. Inf. 2. 21. tab. I, fig. I. 

 Antennae black : thorax reflected at the edge, and grooved on the 

 back \fcutel fmall round : fhells rou&h. 



Black; fhells with 3 raifed lines. 

 In the Mufeum of Sir fof. Banks, 



Vol. II.— M 



