The naturalists' miscellany, or, Coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described immediately from nature

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externat sursace is roughened by smali protuberances, and the edges of the lamellae or gilis are irregularly serrated. It is principalty found on the coasis of the East IndieS.

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SCARABAEUS GO LIAT US.

ARACTER GENERIC US. Antennae clavatae capitulo fissili. Tibiae anticae saepius dentatae.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS, Uc. SCARABAEUS scutellatus, thorace inermi, clypeo bifurco. Fabr. Speo. Ins. tom. 1. p. 14. Drur. Ins. 1. tab. 31. V 3. tab. 4O. Hoet. Scar. tab. 22. fig. 51. Scarahaeus Goliatus, sui generis fere rarissimus, Africam incolit, praecipue Guineam. Coloribus variat; thorace interdum roseo nigris lineis variato, elytrisque purpureo-ferrugineis; interdum tum thorace tum elytris albido-flavescentibus, nigro interstinctis. In elegantissimo opere Domini Drury primo depicta est haec scarabaei species.

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GENERIC CHARACTER. AHennae divided at the tip, or head, into severat lamellae. Tibiae, or second joints of the fore-legs, generat ly

The Scarabaeus Goliatus, one of the rarest of iis genus, is a native of Africa, and is principalty found in Guinea. It is a species whicli varies much in colour; me specimens having the thorax rose colour, stripedwith blach, and deep- ferruginous or pharple-brOWnelytra, Or Wing- cases, while in other specimens both thorax and elytra are os a duli yellowish white, or cream- colour, striped and varied with blach. This curious insect was fi t figured in the elegant Work of Mr.

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ARACTER GENERICUS. Rosrum subulato-filiforme, apice tubulato, Capite longius: Mandibula superior vaginans infe

riorem.

Lingua filiformis, filis duobus coalitis tubulosa. Pedes ambulatorii. Lin. 8st. Nat. p. 189. ARACTER SPECIFICUS, M. TROCHILUS curvirostris fuscus, Vertice, gula, pectore, humerisque, viridi- aureis, abdomine rubro, geniS CyaneiS.

TROCHILUS MULTICOLOR.

Trochilus Multicolor, variis ditissimus coloribus, interrarissimas sui generis species habetur. Depingitur figura nostra a specimine pulcherrimo quod suppeditavit Mustum Britannicum. Americam Australem incolit haec avicula.