NATURAL HISTORY. 149 
FIRST ORDER. 
INSECTS WITH CRUSTACEOUS ELYTRA COVER. 
eres ING: THE WINGS, ye) 
GENUS I, 
SCAR ABZUS.—-BEETLE, 
Au infects having wings covered with the elytra, 
or cafes of the wings, were ‘ufually called in Latin; 
Scarabeus ; until Linnzus difcriminated them, and 
confined the term to particylar beetles, diftinguifhed. ~ 
by the hortis on their head, and thorax or brea,’ 
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I HNHAOD— 
SCARABEZUS AURATUS——GOLDEN 
naive aalhe hos BEBT LE, Mb 
"Tue larva, or grub, of this infeét, injures the 
roots of trees and plants. The beetle is found upon 
flowers, and particularly upon the rofe and piony. 
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