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Familia5!ta Tenebrionilesi' 



Antennce breviiifcul^ moniliformes, iiib 

 margine elevato. capitis infertae, extror- 

 fum paullo crafnores. Mandibuia vaiida 

 corncv?, m3xinam non tegens» Corpus 

 oblongiim vei ovatuni^ duriufcuium^ fcu- 

 tellatum. 



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Patpi inceqmies ^ articulo ultimo pauilo crajfwrl 

 ovatOy trmcato, Maxilta hifida, Ligula co^ 

 riacca , apice diiatata , trnncata , integra. Cor- 

 jpuf elongatum. Tiiorax ftib - quadratus , ple- 

 rnmque latitiidine elytrorwnh 



I. T. molitor: lineari-elongatiis nigrd-pi- 

 ceus fub - nitidus , fubtus ru.^o - ferr u^ineus^ 

 elytris obfolete ftriato-punftatis, femori- 

 bus anticis brevibus. 

 ' Linn, fijft. 2. 672. 2. Pn, Sv. VS- Fabr. eteuti 

 i, 145. 8, Oliv. ent. 3. si* '2. 13» Tab. 

 I. f 12, a, b, c, litig. cot. bor. i. 113. i. 

 De Geer In/. j". 34 3- ^-^^ 2. /. 4 - /4. 

 PayL. fn. i. $9- 3- ^anz. fn. 43. /. i3. 

 , Schdrih, Jijnon. i. 142- 9- 

 Var. b, fupra rufo-piceus, fabtus dilutius 

 ferrugiaeus. 



^ tlabitat in qulsquiliis intra domos, in farlna 

 piltorum, moleadin^s, nbn infrcquens. 



Defcr^ 



