92 Insecta. Pterodicera. 



lum acutum, dimidiato-emarginatum. Clypeus saepius 

 rhombeus, angulo aut arcu antice circumscriptus. 



Capul ad oculos fere terminatum aut vix postice pro- 

 ductum. Thorax undique marginatus, abdomine dimidlo 

 brevior, antice sensim angustior ; illius capitisque la- 

 teribus conniventibus aut una currentibus. Scutellum 

 obvium. Pedes postici ab ano manifesto distantes; ti- 

 biae qualuor posticae latere externo transverse profunde- 

 que veluti inciso, lineis prominentibus ciliatis; anticse 

 macula interna birsuta. 



Spec. i. Geotrvpes stercorarivs. Geotrupe stercoraire. 



G. Breviter ovalis, supra niger aut intense viridis , infra 

 saepius violaceus aut aurato-viridis ; antennarum capituli apice 

 ssepius rufescente ; ctypeo rhombeo ; vertice tuberculo aculo ; 

 thorace mutico , linea dorsali impressa , postica, abbreviata ; ely- 

 tris profunde striatis ; striis plurimis subrugosulis , impresso- 

 puncl.alis. — lllis mandibulse ad apicem externe bisinuatse; ti- 

 bia? anticse carina interna, denticulata, denticulis plurimis; his 

 aut altero sexu tibiae anticae dentibus duobus validis , internis, 

 subaequalibus , dissilis ; femora duo poslica basin versus denti- 

 bus duobns dislinclis. 



Geofrupe stercoraire. Latr. Hist. nat. des Crust. et des Insect. , 

 tom. 10, p. 1 46 , pl. 82 , fig. 9. — Prec. des caract. gener. des 

 Insect. , p. 6. 



Scarabceus stercorarius. Linht. System. nat. , ed. i3 , tom. 1, 

 pars 2 , p. 55o. — Faun. Suec. ed. 1, n°. 388. 



Le Scarabe grand Pdlulaire. Geoff. Hist. des Insect. , 

 tom. 1 , p. 76. 



Scarabe fouille-merde. Be Geer. Mem. s. I. Insect. , tom. 4 , 

 p. a5 9 , pl. 9 , fig. 10. 11. 



Scarabceus stercorarius. Fab. System. eleut., tom. 1 , p. ik. 



Scarabe stercoraire. Oliv. Entom. , tom. 1, n°. 3, pl. 5, 

 fig. 39. a. b. c. d, 



ScarabcBus stercorarius. Illig. Coleopt. Bor.,tom. 1 , p. 9, 



