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INSECTS. eOLEOPTERA. Sc„ab«„., 
Hcrcuki, 
Alcidcs. 
Gideon. 
ORDER 1. COLEOPTERA. 
Wings covert with crujlaceousjhells. 
I. SCARAB^US. Antennce clavate, the 
club lamellate : feelers 4 ; fore-Jhanks 
generally toothed. ^ %etle. 
Tiic laruae. or gruBs of beetles liavc 6 feet • ppp i . i • 
vericularattbc-encl of the abdoln T’ 
horny head ; tliey live quietly underground 
ddight in and feed on dung ; thofe of the cet^nia^ on 
the roots of plants 
vymphs he dormant under the earth. ^ ^ 
A. Feelers filiform. 
a. Mandible arched. 
t Without teeth. 
X Thorax horned, fcutellate. 
Ilorn of the thorax incurved, very larpe hifi i . .i , 
beaded bench and ,-,^,heL S'l, ,h f"''' 
curved, with fevcral teeth above ' * 
Olivier’s InfcBs, ,,3, 6, 1. tab, 1. fi,.' , „ c 
Inhabits 6’o«t4 r^wtdWftz : very large * ' ‘ i. 
Horn of the thorax bifid ; JheUs fotlietime. wU 1 
fpotted with black : Jernale unarmed. “t glaucous, 
Horn of the thorax incurved, bearded j 
ed : horn of the head recurved unarmr^^ i-tooth- 
Ohvier’s InfiHs, r, 3, 7, ,,5. 
Inhabits India : lialf the fize oif the lad.’ 
Horn 0/ the thorax not bifid at the end. 
Horn of the thbrax incurved, very large u-ej 
the end : Itorn of the head reLrtS ’ i 
Ohvierf Inficls, 1, 3, 14, ,0, tab. iufi<r\f, ^ 
Inhabits South America and India, ^ * 
^romedon. 
