F.NTOMt (LOGICAL CAM NET. 



BLAPS OBTUSA. Fabr. 



Blaps lcthifera. Marsh. 



Black and shining -. head thickly and minutely 

 punctured : eyes placed far back on the head, small, 

 transversely elongate, the hexagons large but not 

 numerous, the greater portion placed beneath : an- 

 tennae but little longer than the head, the basal joint 

 nearly pear-shaped, the second short and cup-shaped, 

 the third four times the length of the second, the 

 others moniliform or bead shaped, with the last 

 four much compressed : jaws and upper lip exerted 

 beyond the clypeus and slightly furnished with red- 

 dish hair : thorax finely and thickly punctured, the 

 anterior angles rounded, posteriorly transverse and 

 of the breadth of the base of the elytra, with a slight 

 margin and less shining than the latter : elytra very 

 broad, convex, accumulated at the apex, thickly but 

 coarsely punctured : the legs and whole of the under 

 part black and shining. 



Inhabits houses, cellars and dark damp places. 



Length of the body 11 lines. 



Blaps obtnsa is by no means a common species, 

 but may be found occasionally in houses and cellars. 

 The B. mortisaga is smaller, narrower and is a 

 common species, and often does much mischief in 

 wine cellars. A gentleman once applied to us with 

 specimens of the larva 1 , of the latter species, which 

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