512 ANALYSIS. 



Actinophorus Geoffroyi. Sturm. Ent. Hand. 1.78. 

 Ateuchus pilularius. Var. f3. Sch'onnher Syn. Ins. 

 Habitat in Europa meridionali magnitadine admodum variant, 

 Vix ipsi accedis, plerumque statim avolat clausis elytris, Ce~ 

 tonics ad instar, ita ut minuti spatio ex 100 qui simitl 

 convenerint vix unus maneat. Vide Laur. Ponza in Act. 

 Taur. 

 /3 Var. S. clypeo inter lineas duas concurrentes tuberculato, elytro- 



rum striis valde conspicuis. 

 y Var. S. clypeo bilineato : lineis concurrentibus, thoracis linea 

 dorsali elytrorumque striis inconspicuis. 

 Scarabaeus Mopsus. Tall. Icon. p. 3. A. 3. 



No species is more common, or less distinctly known, 

 than G. pilularius, as the above synonyms testify. Lin- 

 nseus was never able to distinguish it from A. volvens, an 

 American insect, which belongs to the neighbouring genus, 

 and has a strong relation of analogy with this. Fabricius 

 has carelessly copied, into all his works, the Linnasan ha- 

 bitat of pilularius, even after he had distinguished the two 

 species ; and has thereby made a great mistake in the 

 geography of insects, since no true Scarabczus, as the ge- 

 nus stands in this Essay, is to be found in the new world. 



SiurmiL 23. SCARABiEUS ater lasvis vix obscurus, clypeo trilineato, elytris 



inter strias granulatis femoribus anticis obtuse dentatis, ti- 

 biis anticis inter dentes haudcrenulatis : calcare acutissimo. 

 Actinophorus pilularius. Sturm. Ent. Hand. 1. 79. t. 3. 

 Prsecedente minor convexior. 



Habitat in Europa australiori; in Grecia. D. Woods. 

 /3 Var. S. elytrorum striis et granulis inconspicuis, tibiis anticis 

 bidentatis. 



, Habitat in Lusitania. 

 y Var. S. elytris sublavibus. 



