The Hijiory ^ANIMALS* 
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Scarabaeus maxillis lunulatis , prominentibus , dentatis , thorace inermu 
The Scarabaeus , w/V/6 lunated , prominent 5 dentated jaws$ and a fmooth 
thorax . 
This is a very large fpecles: it’s length is an inch, it’s breadth two thirds of an 
inch: the thorax is fmooth, convex, black, marginated, but without any promi¬ 
nences : the outer wings are fmooth, and of a blackilh purple, and are marginated j 
the feet are ferrated; the lunulated jaws are prominent, black, and have each two 
teeth. 
It is found in hedges, particularly fuch as have alh-trees in them, in the rotten part 
of the trunks of which it generally lives, and fometimes in the earth, under their 
roots. 
Scarabaeus corpore viridi-aeneo. 
The fhining , yellowifh , green Scarabaeus « 
This is one of the larger beetles : the thorax is fihort and broad, and the whole In- 
fe<5t is indeed confiderably broad, in proportion to it’s length : the eyes are fmall; the 
legs are long and {lender; the whole body and external wings are of a very Ihining 
green, with an admixture of yellow. 
It is not uncommon with us in gardens: Wormius calls it Scarabaeus chlorochryfos 5 
Merrit, Scarabaeus fmaragdalus 5 and J. Bauhine, Bupreftis. 
Scarabhus ovatus ater glaber . 
The fmooth oval-bodied black Scarab ecus. 
This is one of the fmaller beetles: it’s eyes are fmall; it’s legs long and {lender ; it’s 
body of an oval form, and of a deep dufky black, not glolfy or {hining, tho fmooth 
the external wings are oblong, and lightly ftriated ; the Arise fcarce viiible, unlefs on a 
clofe examination : the antennae are lamella ted. 
It is not unfrequent with us in woods ; Hornfey-wood abounds with it. 
The other fpecies of Scarabaeus, properly fo called, are, 1. The Scarabaeus, with 
lunated, prominent, dentated jaws, and with the thorax on each fide tridentated. 2. 
The Unicorn-beetle, or Scarabenitle, the head crooked, with a fingle horn on the 
nofe, with the thorax gibbofe, and the abdomen hairy. 3. The Scarabaeus, with 
the fhield of the head lunated, with the margin elevated, and with an emarginated 
horn. 4. The cylindric-bodied Scarabaeus, with a fingle horn on the forehead, and 
with the thorax truncated before, and quinquedentated, 5. The black-bodied Beetle, 
wf h white fpots on the external wings, called the Fullo. 6. The teftaceous Scara¬ 
baeus, with the thorax hairy, with the crooked tail, and with the lateral fegments 
of the body white, called the common Tree-beetle, or Cockchafer. 7. The telfaceous 
Scarabaeus, with a hairy thorax, and with the exterior wings of a pale yellow, with 
three white longitudinal lines on them. 8. The Scarabaeus, with a maginated clypeus, 
and with the external wings black, with two tranfverfe {freaks of red. 9. \ The black 
Scarabaeus, with yellow hair on it, and with the exterior wings marked with two yel¬ 
low tranfverfe lines. 10. The common black Dung-beetle, or the fmooth-bodied black 
Scarabaeus, with the exterior wings fulcated, and with the clypeus of the head armed 
with a prominent point of a rhomboidal figure in the center. 11. The blue 
Beetle, with the back and exterior wings fmooth and glolfy, and a prominent rhomboi¬ 
dal body in the center of the clypeus of the head. 12. The Scarabaeus, with the 
Bead and breaff blue and hairy, and with the exterior wings grey, and the legs black. 
Ig. The Scarabaeus, with the head and thorax black and fmooth, the exterior wings 
grey, and the legs pale. 14. The Scarabaeus, with the head and thorax of an opake 
black, and with the exterior wings grey, clouded with black. 15. The Scarabaeus, 
with the head and thorax black, and with the exterior wings and the antennae red. 16. 
*1 he black Scarabsus, with pale antennae. 17. The little black Beetle of the waters. 
28. The black Scarabaeus, with the exterior wings ferrugineous, behind the legs reddilh. 
29. The blaifh-black Scarabaeus, 
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