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size, and the projections in the shape of horns 

 or tubercles, which, in the males, proceed from 

 the head, the thorax, or both parts together. 

 They feed, for the most part, on vegetable sub- 

 stances, but generally prefer those which are 

 decomposed, such as dung, tan, 8cc. Beetles 

 feeding on leaves, or the honey collected from 

 flowers, are generally of agreeable and even 

 shining colours, whilst those that attach them- 

 selves to tan and filth, are of a uniformly dark 

 appearance and retired habits. They shun the 

 light, are slow in their motions, and seldom 

 quit their retreats till the evening, or during the 

 night. 



SPECIFICATION. 



ScARABiEus lunaris. Sc. exscutellatus, thorace 

 bicorni; intermedio obtuso bifido, capitis cornu 

 erecto, clypeo eraarginato. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 534. 

 Gmel.p. 1535. Fair. Syst. Ent. p. 22. Spec. In- 

 sect. 1. p. 24. Mant. Ins. l.p. 13. Ent, Syst. \.p. 46. 



Degeer, 4. p. 149. pi. 10. f. 1 . 



Roesel. 2. p. 21. pl.B.f. 2. 



Panzer, Faun. Ins. Germ.fasc. 49. No. 4. 



Inhabits Europe, and is found in horsedung, &c. 

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