INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. i. Scarabxu.. 
+ + + + + and head uuamied : J'cuteUaic, 
Longima^ 
iius. 
Fore-legs arched, very long. 
Inhabits India. Olivier’s Infects, 1,3. 
Fore-thighs armed with a ftrong fpine. 
tab. 
4-A- 
*Stercora- Black : fliield rhombic : crown a little prominent • lhcll'5 
grooved ■ ■ Dor. Clod hceth. 
Inhabits Europe. Olmer's Infects, 1 ,3. tab. e, fur qq 
Donavon's Englifi Infects, vili. plate 264. fig. 3. 
Flies about in an evening in a circulcr direftion with aloud 
buzzing noife, and is faid to foretel a fine day ; was by th- 
Egyptians confcci-ated to the fun ; is infefted with the acaruS 
and ichneumon: body often with a btueifh or greenifii slofs, 
fometimcs brafly beneath : fitlls frequently dull rufous. 
'^Vernalis. Shells without ftreaks or pundures : fhicld rhombic • crown 
a little prominent. 
Inhabits Awra/ie. Olivier’s InfeEis, s. tab zfgic 
Smells of mufe and like the Eft has an oval-fo-;ugi;oa; downy 
Ipot at the bale of the fore-thighS. ^ 
Cordalis. Black : thorax heart-fliaped before, imprelTed, mucronate : 
head with 2 tubercles. 
Inhabits Guadeloupe : larger than Sc. fterrorarius 
puna’ured : fanfs 
Excavatus Thorax retufe, mucronate: fhield reflefted ent' 
Inhabits Naples. Peiagna, Inf. Calah. tab. i. fid'll' 
Meldntha cornuta. Olivier’s Infects i r t.,!. r- ’ 
Thorax black polifhed : llightlv wkh a 
pttchydot at the bale: body lUy, 
Talpa. Thorax mucronate before : Ibield with pn elevated tranf- 
terfe line, the tip reflefled, emarginaie. 
Inhabits 6k. fifflrr/io/owszuh iilanri : larver c • 
7 w p™a„„d. M.ck p<.iin,ed, w\, 
before the fpme : fielLs ftnate, black : body hairy, pitchy. 
ffuvencus. Thorax imprelTed before and mucronate 
Inhabits Arrser^ca. (NMer’s ^ects, ,, 3;^^;,. g. r g. 
A/ueWrounded, witha rnifed line acrofs the pncldle : korax 
55 hatrp”fohy ’ ' ' ' ^ • 
Shlendi' 
