130 APTERA. 



an attachment to the Scarabcms stercorarius, 

 that its back is often covered with them, and 

 the motion of its legs impeded by their num- 

 bers. 



SPECIFICATION. 



Acarus coleoptratorum. A. rufus,ano albican te. 

 Linn.Syst.Nat.l.p.1026. Gtnel.p. 2930. Fair. 

 Spec. Lis. 2. p. 491 . Mant. Ins. 2. p. 373. Ent. 

 Syst.^.p. 432. 

 jiegeer, Ins. 7. t. 6./. 15. 

 Roesel. Ins. 4. t. l.f. 10—15. 

 Schaeff. Icon. t. 27. /. 2. 

 Inhabits Scarabaei. 



PL 78. a. Natural size. b. The same magnified, 

 c. The articulated tentacula, with the rostrum be- 

 tween. 



