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INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. 29. CurcuHo. 



Nitidulus* 



C audi Jus-, 



Kii-eus. 



Green, fcaly : fhells pun&ured. 



Inhabits Cayenne. Oli'v. Ins. 83. fg, 38. 

 Snout grooved, cinereous : thorax and fnells a moft beautiful 

 velvety green, 



hadeus. 



Puherulen- 

 tus. 



Sgtiamulo- 



fit- 



Creiaeeus. 



Smaragdu* 

 fas. 



Shells fpinous, white a lateral brown fpot. 

 Inhabits Cayenne, 



Head fhining gold: back of the thorax brown, the fides white : 

 Jhells with a few fcattered fpines : legs brown : ihanks rufous 



Snowy ; back of the thorax and fnout brown ; (hells fpinous 



and pointed. 



Inhabits Cayenne. Oli'v, Inf. 83. Jg. 173. 



Snout bifid, ciliate : thorax fnowy with a broad brown Gripe : 

 fcutel and future of the fhells at the bafe brown : fnells with 

 raifed flightly toothed ftriae, diflant and very pointed at the 

 ends : body fnowy. 



White with a gold glofs : fhells grooved, pointed. 

 Inhabits Jamacia. Oli'v, Inf. 83. fg, 172. 

 Head white : fnout emarginate : thorax with a lateral gold line : j 

 fhells with and punctured grooves: legs white : jhanks blue- 

 ifh. 



, Cinereous ; head flat, caniculate. 



Inhabits Tranquehar, Size of C. fquamofus. 

 Snout very fhort : thorax with an imprefTed dorfal dot: fi ells \ 

 ftriate punctured, immaculate. 



Green fcaly : fnout and thorax caniculate. 

 Inhabits China, and Eaf India, 

 Shells downy and fcaly, ftriate punctured. 



The fcales difappear with age, leaving the fhells black and 

 glabrous. 



White ; fhells grooved, 1 fpined, pointed. 

 Inhabits Guadeloupe j refembles C. la<ftcus. 



Snout bifid : thorax fnowy with 3 imprefTed dots : fhells groo- 

 ved, the inner ftria of which forms an erect fpine before thq 

 tip. 



Cinereous ; fhells with a white dot at the bafe and 2 

 at the tip. 

 Inhabits Cayenne, body downy. 



Greenifh ; fhells punctured, with a firong erect fpine be-| 

 fore and behrnd. 

 Inhabits Cayenne , lefs than C. candid us. 



Snout emarginate : antenna afhy : thorax cylindrical, greenifB 

 with 3 trsnfverfe fub imprefTed- line. 



%-tubera. 



