44 oRi>ri' < <" »'>i'Tr.RA. 



"..M!. CM VINA (Latr.)- 

 ' l^hriiiii <jUii.;r ii< , ir.iiivv. tm ; iiinndihit <( shiTl, (IrnUruliilr<i li< iii im- I iim- |i> tin- nj f \ . 

 ■ ti-rmiuiil Joint <>rthr Inhlal imlpi nrnrly rjlindric ; IjaniI Joiul uf ihpanlrnnif Miait. 

 ' the M-coiiii l< iiK ; Unly eU>n){ntiil, siiiHlc|ir('i<<e«l ; l)u>r»x ijiuidialr ; aiil«rior lihiH- 

 ' ixilinatnl fXtrrnallj and at Iht- ti|i' (STtnuNii). 



TiiviNA LISEOLATA (SaV). ( PlatC XVllI, Hr. 1 1 • ) 



ColiT \ l>Mwn ; thorns roiimliti l-tliiiHl nm! nnnownl Uforc. n;ark(il l-y ihnr 



• ^ ; flytni markitl liy distinctly jpunctal*- liuf*, of wliirh tlirrr ai* bI<'I«I 

 flvf to rach flytrum. I.t-nnih two- to thrcr-ti-nlhs «>f a line. 

 Found tuuU-r sfon<«. 



GfcMs iJYyCHIRirs (Panzk.r). 

 B<Kly rlonKatod, sul)cylindric at the tl|> ; thorax f;lobulnr ^r gloki<e; tihios rarrlr j-al- 

 iuat«>d. 



DvsniiRitJi <;i.oBi-uo8rs (Say). ( Piute xviil, dp. lf>.) 



Insect l"rown, Rlossy ; th<>rax glubost*, »mouth ; cljirn punctated. I.< ngth M-arrrh tw- 

 tenths of a liuf. 



II. I r |);i I hies. 



TiiF. clytm of this suh-faniily covir tin- aUlonun ; tho extremity is rr>undo<l : they an 

 also .«essile, nnil not jH-dunculiited. Tho anterior til'ia* are lieeply notcheil ninr their tii'>^. 

 and, in the males, the Imsal joints are <lilnted. The mrntuni is emarginate. though it i< 

 occa-sioiuilly entire : the centre of the emnrginatiuu has generally a spine. The nnlenna- 

 are filiform ; lahruni miadrate, rarely hilolmte, but sometimes emarginate in front ; man- 

 dlMes generally with one or more dentlculations ; nientuni deeply cnmrgiujite anteriorly, 

 the emnrglnatjon simple or sometimes ti>i>thed ; liody elongate. 



The^e insects are not s«» voracious as those of the succeinling famil> , the f'vH- 1 

 The prwlomlnant colors are Mack, while a H-w of them are adorned with lirilli^'Ut i . 

 lie hu«*s. Some are apterous, and run nniarkalily well. The Inr^a, like the |>erf«Tt iu.^rl. 

 lives Ix-neath stones, and f<t>ds ujxin other injects or their larv.T. They are c}lin<!ric ami 

 elongate, hut slightly flattene«l or depres.sed ; and they have twelve rings, which are nn>r«- 

 or less scaly : the lost ring is armed with two .small proretLse-s. 



The sul> family contains many genera, which, though related to each othir, ore r." t 

 readily K'paiuMe into groups. Stipukss divides them into three groups, viz : 



