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Ssrratus, 
*Melolon- 
thtZf 
Villoftis, 
Pilofus. 
Ocdden- 
talis. 
Ferviius. 
INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. Sca,ab«„,,. 
ffiield cinarginate ; thorax ferrate on the 
Dull teftaceous , 
edge. 
Inhabits Coromandel. Olivier's Infects i r r- 
S^brow,. devatea at the -ip “ J,' 'Zf t?A.- 
r, ’t/s Lt ■“"> ■■ J>“i- -h!, at. 
Teftaceous; thorax hairy: tail infleaed: a triancular 
white fpot at each incifure of the abdomen. ^ 
Donovan’s English Infects, v'hi. plate 264..///.' 2 
Olivier’s Lifeds, 1, g. tab. i.fig, i, ^ 
Inhabits in great numbers the northern part of Europe, and is 
the moit mifchievous of all European infeHs ; the rrub is 
foft and grey Avith teftaceous head and kgs, remains hr- 'the 
earth 3 yeais before rt is transfonned into the perfeft infeft 
and devours the roots of com and other vegetables, fotne’ 
times laying wafte a large kaft of country ; the beetle ftkks 
to trees the leaves of which it feeds upon, and is eagerly 
fought after and devoured by fwlne, bats, crows and poultry : 
It they appear in the autumn in confiderable quantities they 
are faid to forerun epidemic difbrders. ^ 
Varies annually in having the thorax nx^oas and black: the 
,nale 15 diltinguiftied by a pointed infleacd tail. 
refledled : body beneath 
Teftaceous ; fiiield margined, 
downy; fcutel white. 
Inhabits louthern Europe. Olivier's Infects 1 c r , f ^ 
broader thaii in othe’rst' re- 
fleaed at the tip : thorax rounded, black, with ferruginou.s 
down ■. Jiells teftaceous : body beneath covered with a thick 
wiute down. 
Downy, blackifli : _ ftiield refleaed, flightly emarginate ; 
antennas ferruginous. ^ “ 
Inhabits Hungary kfs than the laft. 
Scutel broad, {lightly emarginate. 
Teftaceous ; thorax downy : ftells with 4 fnowy lines 
Inhabits Europe. Olivier's Injects, i, 5. tab. i.jsJ. y. 
Glabrous, teftaceous : Ihield emarginate. 
Inhabits dmmcii. Olivier’s Infects, 1, 5. tab. . fi.. 02 
Body teftaceous with a blueiflr call. ^ J 6 d • 
BefexuS' ' 
