SCARABAEUS. 



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opacum. Elytra thorace paulo anguftiora, 

 at plus dupio longiora, convexa, fulcis la» 

 t.is obfoiete punclatis. Pe&us abdomen & 

 pedes vioiacei, nitidi, macula in femoribus anti- 

 cis viilofa ferruginea} tibias anticse extrorfuni 

 octodentatae , introrfum bidentatse. Magnitu- 

 dine variat , fepius vero Sc. typhceum sequiparat. 

 Oes. Variat rarius eolore seneo vei fupra fer- 



SC. Syl vaticus fupra nigro- violaceus 5 fit- 

 tidus^ thoracis disco puntlulato , elytris 

 leviter firiatis, rugis transverfis. 



Panz. Ent, Germ. 8- 3?- 



ScpasA Ephem. £nt. j. 250. iSV. Stercorofus. 



Habitat in boletis , & ligno putrido fat 

 frequens. 



Caput anticc fupra nigrum, opacum; pofti- 

 ce fubtusque nigro - vioiaceurn , nitidum: cly- 

 peus rhombeus, tuberculo in niedio parvo pn> 

 minulo; antennarum clava lufescente. Tho- 

 rax fubtus violaceus, fupra nigro-violaceus, 

 nttidus, longitudine dupio latior, convexus, 

 lineola in medio obfoleta, antice abbreviata, 

 impresfa ; undique, haud vero crebro , pun&u- 

 latus. Scutellum trianguiare, nigro-vioiaceum. 

 Elytra thorace paulo angurliora, Sc haud 

 duplo longiora, nigro-vioiacea , nitida, levl- 

 fer punciato-ftriata , rugis numerofis transver- 

 fis. Peflus, abdomcndt pedes violacei, nitidi* 

 macula in femoribus anticis villofa, ferruginea§ 

 tibise anticae extrorfum feptemdentatae , intror- 

 fum bidentatae. Magnitudine foepius demidio 

 A 3 «ft 



