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COLEOPTERA. 
Syn. Scarabaeus spinifex, Fabricius Ent. Syst. l.jj.58. sp. 190. Herbst. Coleopt. II. p. 240. 
No. 146. Donovan edit. 1, in text. 
Scarabaeus spinifer, Oliv. Ent. 1.3. 148. No. 180. t. 12. f. 112. Donovan edit. 1 in tab. 
Fabricius describes this species as being of the same size as Onthophagus nuchi- 
cornis, with the occipital horn as long as the thorax, and with the thorax and elytra 
black tinged with green. The specimen described by Fabricius, was brought from the 
Coast of Coromandel by Sir Joseph Banks. Donovan’s specimens were from Bengal. 
GYMNOPLEURUS MILIARIS. 
Plate II. fig. 2. 
Genus: Gymnopleurus, 1 lliger. Ateuchus p. Fabricius. 
Species. Gymnopleurus Miliaris : clypeo 6-dentato ; thorace et elytris obscuris, maculis 
elevatis atris nitidulis. Long. Corp. lin 4. 
Gymnopleurus : with the clypeus 6-dentate ; the thorax and elytra obscurely coloured, 
with shining elevated black spots. Length of the body, one-third of an inch. 
Syn. Scarabaeus miliaris, Oliv. Ins. 1. 3. 167. 206. t. 18. f. 164. Fabricius Ent. Syst. 1. 
p. 63. No. 209. Herbst. Col. II. p. 322. No. 206. 
Ateuchus miliaris, Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. vol. 1. p. 56. 
Habitat. “ India,” ( Fabricius ). 
This and the following species seem at first sight to resemble each other, but are 
nevertheless distinct : they are both represented in the same plate, of the natural size 
and magnified, in order that the exact difference between them may be the more easily 
discriminated. The pale colour of the thorax and elytra is produced by numerous 
minute incumbent hairs, of which the elevated tubercles are destitute. 
GYMNOPLEURUS KCENIGII. 
Plate II. fig. 3. 
Species. Gymnopleurus Kcenigii: clypeo bidentato; thorace et elytris pallidis, maculis atris 
elevatis nitidulis, his variolosis. Long. Corp. lin. 4. 
Gymnopleurus : with the clypeus bidentate ; the thorax and elytra pale, with 
elevated shining black spots, the latter variolose, with some of the spots confluent. 
Length of the body, 4 lines. 
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