two in the middle, and one at the tips ; his breaft, neck, 

 and thighs, tinged with a glorious green and copper luftre ; his 

 mouth white, and forceps deeply notched, which fhews him a bold 

 and voracious infect. Seen in gravelly paths, from March to 

 Sept. Very nimble, taking wing as foon as you approach. I firft 

 took notice of this beetle on Hounllow Heath ; common on Hamp- 

 lted Heath, and the woods adjacent. 



19. Capricornus viridis bimaculatus. Like the laft, but has no 

 fpecks on the edges, only two in the midtt of the fheaths. 



"20. Capricornus viridis binis lituris medio vaginarum. The 

 two fpots on this are larger than the laft. Both found with the 

 common, though not fo frequent. 



■ 21. Capricornus MuJJicus cinereus, cornubus -longiffimis Gaz. 8.8. 

 Where it is very accurately figured. It is for the moft part grey, 

 pounced with fmall black warts : its geniculated horns are party- 

 coloured, viz. black and grey ; 1 § inch long : it has a clouded 

 circle near the midft of its iheath. From Mulcovy, by one of the 

 Czar's phyficians. pound Aug. 7. 1696. in a garden near Al- 

 derfgate-ftreet. ■ 



22s, Capricornus Londinenfs cinereus,, cornubus praslongiffimis. 

 fhape and colour of this are like the laft, but fomewhat 

 darker ; the whole body little more than half an inch, but the 

 length of its horns very furprifing, viz. above three inches, which 

 is near fix times the length of its body. Found in a houfe in 

 Maiden-lane near Wood-ftreet. 



23. Capricornus medius Caftaneus. The Iheaths (which grow 

 tapering towards the tail) and part of its legs, are chefnut-colour'd; 

 the head and fhoulders black ; its horns near the length of its 

 body, viz. f of an inch. Found in Cain Wood. 



24. Capricornulus Hamjledienfis exiguus, vaginis rubris, apice 

 nigro Gaz. 30. 5. Its head, horns, legs, and tips of the Iheaths, 

 black ; the reft of a re'ddilh caft. Found in Cain Wood, June and 

 July, in the flowers of the Dog-rofe and Black-berry. 



25. Capricornus medius grifeus, bimaculatus, oculis tuberculofis. 

 An inch long ; its ihoulder and Iheaths grailed and grey ; againft 

 the hinder legs, on each fide of the Iheath, is a black fpot between 

 two burr fields ; but, what is very particular, each eye ftands at 

 the top of a fmall black protuberance or wadle. Mr. Dandridge 

 found this in a wood near Box Hill in May, and in his own houfe. 



26. Capricornus medius nigricans, bilineis fulvis, oculis tuber- 

 culofis. Legs and iheaths black, except in the midft of the laft 

 are two buff lifts ; the eyes much wadled, fo that they feem dou- 

 ble. This and the two next Mr. Dandridge found in Cain Wood. 

 »I§7v Capricornus medius fpinofus, e nigro fulvoque mixtus. 

 Same fize with the tv^o, former ; its ihouMers thorny and black ; 

 as are its head,, legs,, and upper part of the Iheaths ; the reft 

 tawny, lifted with longilh black ftreaks. 



28. Capricornus medius fpinqfus nigricans, undis flavefcentibus. 

 Ijts .ihoulders thorny. like the laft, and black; as are its head, 

 legs, and upper part of .the Iheath ; below which, on the fame 

 ground, are two or three buffilh waves. 

 ■29. Capricornus minor grifeus, maculis tergeminis flavefcenti- 

 b.u.a. The. &ead of this is black, lifted with yellow ; its Iheaths 

 finely' grailed, with three yellow oppofite fpecks in the midft of 

 each" Iheath.; : ■- - 



30. Capricornus minor nigricans, maculis tergeminis flavefcen- 

 tibus. Its hea,d" black and lifted like the laft ; the body flenderer, 

 and iheaths black,, hut fpeckled like the former. Both found in 

 Cain Wood. 



31. Caprico'rnU's Vefpcides minor, fignaturis majoribus. This 

 and the next are male and female. Found on the umbels of the 

 Sppndylium about June and July. 



32. Capricornus Vejpoides minor, fignaturis minoribus. The 

 Upper p.art' of thefe Iheaths is rrtoftly yellow ; whereas the other 

 has black triangular fpots. Both in Gaz. 30. 4. 



33. C-apric-omus exiguus, part.im lanuginofus, partim fufcus. 

 A beautiful little infect ; its head and Iheaths tipt with brown ; 

 the midft white and hoary. In Cain Wood. 



34. Capricornus medius nigricans humero bioculato. Near 

 ^ ■of. an inch long, moJlly black, with two Ihining very black, eye- 

 like fpecks in the .midft of his Ihoulders, with hoary cheeks on 

 each fide. Found at Hogfdon, in September. 



SECT. III. Bup.REST£s, or Burn-Cows ; Beetles of an ob- 

 I . long fhape, with jointed Horns, and flat or felvedged Shoul- 

 ders, and fomeUmes their Sheaths rimmed. 



35. Bupreftis major Cuprcus verruculatus elegans. The Warty 

 Burn-Cow. An elegant Beetle, of a greenifh copper Iuftre ; its 

 Sheaths ribbed, and finely chain-warted in its furrows. I have 

 met with this and , the next in corn-fields, not common. 



. 36. Buprejlis -major Cupreus verruculis minoribus. Slender- 

 warted Burn-Cow ; of a fhining luftre like the laft; its Iheaths 

 finely ftrcaked, and between every two or three there is one 

 chained like the laft, but with much flenderer warts. 

 ; 37. Buprejlis major e cupreo purpurafcens, leviter pun&atus. 

 Pounce-fheathed Burn-Cow, differs from the laft, in having three 

 rows in each fheath, finely pinked or pounced at equal diitances. 



38. Buprejlis major nigricans, marginibus purpurafcentibus. 

 The Sable Burn-Cow. Sheaths blackifh, tending to purple, par- 

 ticularly its edges. — The fhoulders in the four laft are fmooth and 

 quadrangular; their eyes very prominent. From Norway; fince 

 found in our Englifh gardens. 



% 39. Bupreftis media niger, fcapulii latis. Broad Black Burn- 

 Cow. Half an inch long, a quarter broad ; its fheaths furrowed, 

 and oval-tipt ; the lower part of the fhoulder the fame breadth 

 y/uh that part of the fheath next it, but narrower at the head. 



40. Bupr-ejlis media niger, fcapulis anguftioribus. Narrow Black 

 Burn-Cow. Lefs ; but its chief diftinftion is in its fhoulders, viz. 

 narrow next the Iheaths, broader at the head ; reverfe to the laft. 



41. Buprejlis media niger, vaginis hinc inde ftriatis. Crofs- 

 ftreaked Black Burn-Cow. The peculiarity of this, if nicely 

 viewed, is very remarkable, viz. there is in the middle of each 

 fheath a crofs-like obftruction, by which the furrows are difconti- 

 nued from running in a ftrait line, as in all others we have yet feen. 



42. Buprejlis media niger, fcapula & corpore ovalibus. Oval 

 Black Burn-Cow, refembles No. 40. but fomewhat lefs, and 

 Ihoulders narrower. 



43. Buprejlis media niger, fcapula & corpore fubrotundis. 

 Roundifh Black Burn-Cow, differs from the laft, in having its 

 fheath and body broader pointed ; whereas the other is more acute 

 or oval. 



44. Buprejlis minor ovalis niger, cruribus caftaneis. Small 

 Chefnut-thighed Black Burn-Cow. Somewhat lefs than the laft, ; 

 and like it ; has chefnut thighs, whereas the eight before are 

 black : the body of this is oval, 



45. Buprejlis Chalybeatus medius, vaginis teneris. Little Steel 

 Burn-Cow. Somewhat more than half an inch long, with ftriated 

 fheaths, but fmooth ihoulders, which feem angular in a certain 

 pofition of light. 



46. Bupreftis Chalybeatus minor, vaginis teneris. Small Steel 

 Burn-Cow, refembles the laft in all things,, but four times lefs ; 

 both of a bluifh fhining fteel hue. 



47. Buprejlis medius fulvus, leviter ftriatus. Little Buff Burn- 

 Cow. Its fheaths lightly furrowed, the fhqulders fmooth, and both 

 buff-colcured, with ihort bugle horns. Mr. Dandridge hatched 

 this from aHexapode Caterpillar of a buff colour, foand in meal 

 July, 1707. which in about a month caft its fkin : he kept it all 

 winter in a box of meal, on which it cc^.ftan.tly fed, and in April 

 caft another fkin, and a third about the beginning of June, after 

 it had lain ftiff and without motion, as if dead., for two or three 

 days ; and then it changed, into a white coffin ..af; the fhape of a 

 Staphyline Beetle, with two black eye-like fpecks; and in this 

 fhape it continued till the beginning of July, .a/id then hatched 

 into the Beetle as above. 



48. Buprejlis medius fufcus, leviter ftriatus. Little Brown Burn- 

 Cow. Every way like the laft, but in colour. 



49. Buprejlis minor fufcus. Small Brown Burn-Cow. This is 

 fomewhat flatter, befides lefs, and the fheaths deeper ftriated. 



50. Buprejlis minor rufus, leviter ftriatus, & quart pun&atus. 

 This is thicker and fhorter than any of the five foregoing; its 

 fhoulders fmooth, the fheaths lightly ftriated, and feem pounced. 

 Found about Cain Wood, in fummer. 



51. Buprejlis minor obfeure Cupreus. The fhoulders of fome 

 of thefe have a green caft ; the fheaths of if duU copper, lightly 

 ftreaked. 



52. Buprejlis minor obfolete viridis, fcapulis nigracantibus. 

 The fheaths of a dark green, ftreaked, the Ihoulder fmooth and 

 blackifh ; as big again as the laft. 



53. Bupreftis minor omnino viridis. Of, the flze of No. 51, 

 and wholly green. v 



54. Bupreftis minor omnino Cupreus. Like the laft, but of 3} 

 Alining copper. 



55. Buprejlis minor viridis^- : fcapulis cuprous, , Larger. than the 

 laft, with green fheaths, but copper ihoulders, 



SECT. IV. Scarabjei Impennes, are fuch Beetles as have 

 no Tranfparent or Membranaceous Wings under their Crufty 

 Sheaths. 



56. Scaraba;us impennis niger rotundus major. Scarabaeus agre- 

 ftis aviparus, melanocyaneus, fucco fanguineo, Gaz. 22. 6. 

 Bloody Egg-Beetle, have a tender body, and, if wounded, -emit 

 a tranfparent bloody juice : they are fmooth, and of a ihining 

 luftre like polifhed fteel: their horns are .elegantly geniculated, 

 or bugle-knotted. I have often met with them in the fields. 



57. Scarabaeus impennis niger rotundus minor. Small Egg- 

 Beetle, differ from the laft only in fize, being four times lefs, and 

 often found with them. 



58. Scarabaeus impennis niger oblongus major. Scarab, impennis 

 tardipes Gaz. 247.7. Slug-Beetle. Found in kitchens, cellars, 

 and out-houfes, in the fpring and at moft other feafons : he is of 

 a very fluggifh motion, and walks as if frozen. 



59. Scarabaeus impennis niger oblongus minor. Leffer Slug- 

 Beetle. Lefs, and not fo black as the laft ; its fhoulders narrow, 

 and head very long and fnout-like, with paje protuberant eyes 

 near the fhoulders : it has pincers, with two pair of comb-like- 

 feelers, befides its jointed horns. 



60. Scarabaeus impennis Chalybeatus major, feu Profcarabaeus 

 F amino, vaginis brevforibus. The Female May-Beetle. AH over 

 of a fhining black, with a faint of blue, like polifhed fteel ; their 

 horns finely geniculated, and bend towards the points : their 

 fheaths fcarce cover half their body, being grofs. Found in a nur- 

 fery at Brompton Park, April 12, 1696. feeding on the Ranun- 

 culus Pratenfs. On running a pin through the largeft, viz. the 

 female, it emitted a yellowifh liquor, which feemed tobefpawn; 

 and it agrees with what Godart relates concerning its eggs.. 



61. Scarabaeus impennis Chalybeatus minor, Jeu Profcarabaeus 

 Mas vaginis longioribus. The Male May-Beetle. The fheaths 

 fometimes cover the whole body, or very near, being not {q 

 corpulent as the females. Thefe are often in pairs, as I have 

 fince obferved, in fields and meadows in the fpring. 



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