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INSECTS. 
of the head; the third joint elongated; extremity of the man¬ 
dible cleft; a corneous hook on the inner sides of the jaws. 
Genus TENEBRIO.— Linnaus. 
Generic Character. —Antenna consisting of eleven joints, 
slightly thickened towards the end ; the last joint globular, and 
the third one angulated ; upper lip visible ; last joint of the palpi 
a little thicker than the preceding, conico-cylindrical, compres¬ 
sed ; maxillaries projecting; chin nearly square. 
Tenebrio molitor. — The Meal Beetle. 
Plate XCV1II. fig. 7. 
Somewhat glabrous, and of a deep chestnut; paler below; 
thorax square and marginated; elytra striated^; anterior thighs 
thicker than the rest. Inhabits Europe. 
TRIBE II.-TAXICORNES. 
With the mandibles cleft at their extremity; joints of the 
tarsi entire, excepting the four anterior ones; antennae as long 
as the head and thorax; gradually thickening, or claviform at 
tips, and generally partly foliated. 
Genus DIA PERIS— Laireille. 
Generic Character. —With an oval, convex body; antennae 
perfoliated their whole length, elytra coriaceous; with two 
membranous folded wings ; the tarsi of the four anterior feet 
with five joints in each ; males in many with two horns on the 
head, of greater or less length. 
Diaper is boleti. — The Mushroom Diaperis. 
Plate XCVIII. fig. 5. 
Black with three yellow bands across the elytra. Inhabits 
England, and is found on the boleti and other fungi. 
TRIBE III.-STENELYTRA. 
With the jaws unarmed, but the mandibles sometimes ending 
in an acute point; penult joint of the tarsi bilobate ; antennae 
longer than the head and thorax in many species, filiform or se¬ 
taceous, and not visibly perfoliated. 
