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| at COAG A IR BG, 
Hed sGe- ade 
SCARABAUS TESTUDINARIUS. 
CoLforT ER. * 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antennz clavated, their extremities fiffile. Five joints in each 
foot. 
SPECIFIC, CHARACTER. 
Head black without tubercles. Thorax black, pun@lured, and covered 
with fhort foft hairs. Shells deeply and equally ftriated, fo as to pro- 
duce even and regular ridges between the {triz, which are of an ob- 
{cure black, fprinkled with fmall {pots of a deep yellow. Feet are of 
a dirty brown colour, | 
This beautiful animal was defcribed by Fabricius as an Englifh | 
~ Infeét in his firft work, the Sy/fema Entomologia, but we have never 
feen a fpecimen of it before. A figure of this Infect may be found in 
Fuefly, Fablonfky, and Olivier ; but thefe works being in few hands, 
we truft our figure will not be unacceptable to the Englifh Ento- 
mologilt, : 
Fig. 1... The natural fize denoted by a line. 
Fig. I, The magnified appearance. 
N FIG, 
