Pee oe Ae gi 
PEG. - i, 
SCARABZUS QUADRIMACULATUS. 
COLEOPTERA. 
SCARABRUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 
Head black, without tubercles, but has two little protuberances 
over the mouth. Thorax black, fhining, convex, and covered with 
impreffed points. Shells black, ftriated, with two red {pots oh each, 
one {mall at the bafe near the outer margin, the other larger near the 
apex. Underfide, feet, and antennz are black and polifhed. 
BENNY NA TT a 
We are of opinion that the three Infe@s in the annexed plate will 
be new to moft of our Englifh Collectors, notwithftanding they are 
to be found in this country, 
As it would be very difficult, if not impoffible, to give a juft re- 
prefentation of thefe minute Infeéts in the natural fize, we have pre- 
ferred giving the magnified appearance; the outlines which accom~_ 
pany each, and bear the fame numbers, denote the true fize of the 
_ orivinal {pecimens. 
| e Fig. II. The line fhews the natural fize. 
Fig. III, Magnified appearance. 
_ This {pecies is defcribed by Linnaeus, Fabricius, and other authors 
4nd has been figured by Olivier and Fablonfky, being frequently met 
‘with in foreign cabinets. It is the {malleit of this genus. 
? 
Olivier defcribes this infe& as having the antenna: and feet red; but 
itis not fo in our fpecimen. 
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