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ral ones shorter, compressed, dilated near the tip ; the head 
is unarmed: the shells with striate punctures.—It is an inha¬ 
bitant of the island of Guadaloupe. 
16. Scarabaeus typhceus, or bull-comber.—Thorax three¬ 
horned, the middle one less, lateral ones projecting, as long 
as the head, which is unarmed.—It is found in this country, 
and other parts of Europe, chiefly under cow-dung, where 
it buries itself to deposit its eggs. The head is depressed, 
villous at the sides, narrow; knob of the antennae greyish ; 
thorax smooth; the horns sometimes as long as the head, 
and sometimes twice as long; in the female they are scarcely 
visible; the shells are striate; the shanks downy; the body 
black. 
17. Scarabaeus nasicornis.—Thorax with a triple promi¬ 
nence; horn of the head recurved; shells smooth.—This is 
an European insect. The larva is grey; the head, the legs, 
and spiracles rufous: the female has scarcely the rudiment of 
a horn. 
18. Scarabaeus Lazarus.—The thorax of this insect has 
three tubercles; the horn of the head is short, emarginate.— 
It inhabits North America, and is very small. The shield 
of the head is emarginate; the thorax is brown, caniculate, 
the middle tubercle transverse; the shells are striate and 
rufous. 
19. Scarabaeus quadridens.—Thorax four-toothed ; horn 
of the head elevated, simple ; body ferruginous.—It inhabits 
India ; is small, gibbous, and ferruginous. In the male, the 
shield has a short erect horn; in the female it is two-toothed ; 
the shells striate. 
20. Scarabaeus moblicornis.—Thorax four-toothed ; horn 
of the head recurved and moveable.—It is found in this 
country, and many parts of Germany : it is black; the shells 
are striate. 
21. Scarabaeus cyclops.—The thorax is four-horned, the 
lateral ones larger; the head is two-toothed, and the body 
ferruginous.—This is an Indian insect. 
22. Scarabaeus violaceus.—Thorax six-spined; jaws pro¬ 
minent ; the front is sloping; the body entirely violet.—It 
inhabits Siberia, under stones, and is very small. The shells 
are marked with hollow punctures. 
23. Scarabaeus oedipus.—Horn of the thorax flat, toothed 
beneath; the horn of the head is truncate, three-toothed.— 
It inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, and is middle-sized. 
The shield is rounded, emarginate; thorax rounded behind, 
with an impressed puncture at the sides; the shells are 
striate. 
24. Scarabaeus rhadamistus.—Thorax deeply excavate, 
with a recurved horn before; head unarmed; shell rufous, 
with a black suture and two spots.—This is a small insect, 
and is found at Coromandel. The shield is rounded, brassy, 
whitish before; the thorax is longer than the shells, brassy, 
pale at the sides, with a brassy dot; the shells are striate. 
25. Scarabaeus nemestrinus.—Thorax with two projecting 
sharp horns; horn of the head erect, subulate. The body 
of this insect is hairy; the shield is rounded and entire; the 
thorax with an impressed puncture on each side; the shells 
are striate.—This is found at the Cape of Good Hope. 
26. Scarabaeus jachus.—Thorax prominent, two-lobed; 
the horn of the head recurved and simple.—It inhabits the 
Cape of Good Hope. The shield is rounded, notched at the 
tip; the horn is long, erect, recurved at the end; thorax 
slightly punctured: there are two elevated lines on each side 
near the edge. 
27. Scarabaeus sabseus.—Thorax with a double prorni- 
. nence; the horn of the head erect, simple, as long as the 
thorax.—This is found at Coromandel. Shield projecting, 
rounded, scarcely emarginate; the thorax is black, polished, 
with an impressed lateral point on each side; the shells are 
striate, black, polished. 
28. Scarabaeus nanus.—Thorax with a double prominence; 
the horn of the head is erect, simple, as long as the head.— 
This is found at Tranquebar. 
29. Scarabaeus splendidulus.—Thorax brassy, with two 
compressed black horns; horn of the head erect, compressed 
at the tip.-—This is seen in divers parts of South America. 
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The shield is rounded, lightly emarginate; horn obtuse;- 
thorax angular, with two subarched obtuse horns in the 
middle ; the .shells are grooved, green, obscure; legs black; 
thighs brassy. 
30. Scarabaeus festivus.—Thorax gibbous, two-homed; 
horn of the head erect; shells red-brassy.—It inhabits 
America. 
31. Scarabaeus pactolus.—Thorax two-toothed; horn of 
the head long, recurved, two-toothed in the middle.—It is 
of a brassy-green colour, and is found in Brasil. The shield 
is rounded, entire; the horn is black, with two sharp teeth 
in the middle; thorax channelled on the fore-part, paler at 
the sides; shells testaceous, with a brassy suture. 
32. Scarabaeus Guineensis.—Thorax two-toothed, brassy; 
horn of the head elevated, short —This inhabits Guinea, 
from whence it derives its name. The antennae are testa¬ 
ceous; the shield is rounded, a little reflected at the edge ; 
thorax rounded, brassy, with two small teeth before; shells 
substriate, black, crossed with an interrupted testaceous streak 
at the base, and testaceous at the tip. 
33. Scarabaeus pygmaeus.—-Thorax two-toothed, brassy; 
shield unarmed, emarginate; shells testaceous, spotted black. 
—Found at Tranquebar. 
34. Scarabaeus amnion.—Thorax three-toothed; horn of 
the head recurved; shells striate.—It is an American insect; 
the shield is rounded, emarginate, with a projecting, sharp, 
recurved horn; the thorax is smooth, with three teeth, the 
middle one is the larger; the shells with crenate stripes. 
35. Scarabaeus Midas.—Thorax three-horned; shield pro¬ 
jecting, wrinkled, with a broad hollow in the middle; it has 
two horns, which are short and erect, and two denticles in 
the middle; the thorax is punctured, rough, with ferruginous 
hairs; the horns are depressed, crenate at the sides; the 
middle ones are broader, emarginate; shells striate. 
36. Scarabaeus lunaris, is an English insect, and found 
likewise in other parts of Europe. It has been described by 
Mr. Donovan ; its thorax is three-horned; the middle one 
obtuse, bifid; the horn of the head is erect; the shield emar¬ 
ginate. In each sex the shield is horned; the thorax of the 
female is unarmed. 
37. Scarabaeus caelatus.—Thorax three-horned, the middle 
one three-toothed; the horn of the head is recurved, long, 
one-toothed within. It is less than the lunaris. The shield 
is rounded, the horn compressed, with a strong incumbent 
tooth in the middle within; thorax elevated, retuse each 
side; shells hardly striate. 
38. Scarabaeus Belzebub.—The thorax has a triple pro¬ 
minence; the head is tliree-horned, the middle one is the 
largest. The shield is rounded, scarcely emarginated; the 
horn of the head is short, with two smaller horns at the 
base; the shells are striate; the middle shanks clavate and 
toothed. 
39. Scarabaeus tarandus.—Thorax four-horned; head with 
two compressed horns.—It inhabits the East Indies, and is a 
small and black insect. The shield is slightly angular, 
black, with an elevated line behind, which is terminated on 
each side by a short horn; the thorax is black, with four 
equal horns, the middle ones connected at the base; the 
shells are testaceous, black at the suture; the legs are tes¬ 
taceous. 
40. Scarabaeus lemur.—The thorax is four-horned, cop¬ 
pery ; shield transverse, carinate behind; shells testaceous. 
—It is found in divers parts of Germany. The shells are 
sometimes marked with a band composed of five brown 
dots. 
41. Scarabaeus eamelus.—Thorax four-horned; the shield 
is slightly two -horned behind ; the body is black.—This 
also is a German insect. The female is marked with a 
double transverse carinate line on the shield; the hind one 
■ larger. 
42. Scarabaeus unifasciatus.—.This curious insect has . a 
five-horned thorax : it is black, but the shells are testaceous, 
with a black band.—It inhabits Tranquebar. The shield is 
rounded, unarmed, black; the thorax is gibbous, black, with 
five tubercles; the two lateral ones larger, the three middle 
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