Ord. 1. Fani. XX, ^ Tenebrionites. i63 



Faun. Insect. Germ. , fasc. o(^,fig. i ) generi ^Z^p.? profecto ius- 

 cribenda ; anlennse ab arliculo qnarlo penitus moniliformes. 



Blaps spinipes Fabricii ( Panz. Faun. Insect, Germ. , fasc. 96^ 

 fig. 2 ) harpalis associanda. 



CCXXVtl. Genus. Pedinus. Pedine. 



Tenehrio , LiNN. , Geoff. — Blaps , Fab., Herbst. 

 — Helops , Oliv. — Opatrum , Oliv. , Illiger. 



Antennce fillfornies, articulis undecim ; lertio pra?- 

 cedenti climiclio tantum et sequenti non cluplo longiore^ 

 subcjlindrlco ; quarto , cjulnto, sexto et septimo Lreviter 

 obconicis aut subcylindricls, basi paulo attenuatis; in 

 paucls obconico-globosis ; octavo, nono, decimo illis tur- 

 blnatis autobconico-semiglobosis, /zfs subglobosis; ultimo 

 prsscedentis ad minus magnitudine, subgloboso, aplce 

 rotundo ( non acumlnato). Lahrum corlaceum, brevis- 

 slmum, transversum , integrum aut late subemarglna- 

 tum, plerumcjue in cljpei emarglnati sinu receptum 

 /'«//;z maxlllares in multis promlnuii, artlculo ultlmo 

 securlformi velobtrlgono, compresso. Mentiun suborbi- 

 cuLitum aut orblculato-subcordatum, in nounullis cari- 

 natum , margine supero et basi transverse trunc^alis. 

 Lahinm parvum^ emarginatum. 



Corpus breviter ovale , depressum. Caput tborace 

 angustius. Thorax elytrls paulo latior, illorum basi 

 postlce recta transverse adnatus , transversus, antlce 

 concavus, marglnibus rotundato-subdilalatis. Scutellum 

 distinctum. Elytra lateribus slmpllciter deflexis, sub 

 abdomine non aut parum producto-inflexis. Ahdomen 

 subquadratura, poslice rotuadato-subangustatum. Pedes 

 saeplus validl, tlbils aut nntlcls saltem plerumque trian- 

 gularlbus; tarsls anticis in allero sexu artlculls medlis 

 breYloribus, latioribus et infra sa^pius blrsutls. 



