Ord. 1. Fam. JlX., Tenehrionites. i65 



Faun. Insect. Germ. , fasc, 5c),fig. i ) generi Bl^ps frotecto ius- 

 cribenda ; anlennae ab arliciilo qnarlo pcnitns moniliformes. 



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

 Jig, 2 ) harpalis associanda. 



CCXXVII. Genus. Pedinus. Pedine. 

 Tenebrio , Linn., Geoff. — Blaps ,Fab. , IIerbst. 

 — Helops , Olij'. — Opatrum , Oliv., Illiger. 



Antennce filifornies, arliculis uudecim ; lertio prac- 

 cedenti tlliuidio lantum et sequenti non tluplo longiore, 

 subcjlindrico; tpiarto , quiuto, sexto et septimo hreviter 

 obconicis aut subcyiiudricis, basi paulo attenuatis; in 

 j)aucis obconico-globosis 5 octaAO, nono, tlecimo illis tur- 

 biuatisautobcouico-semiglobosis, /f/s subglobosisj ultimo 

 proecedenlis atl minus magnitutline , suljgloboso, apice 

 rotundo ( non^acurainato). Labnnn coriaceum, brevis- 

 simum, transversum , integrum aut late subemargina- 

 tiim, plerumfjue in clypei emarginati sinu receptum 

 P«/yjz maxlllares in multis prominuli, articulo ultimo 

 securiforml vel obtrigono, compresso. Mentum suborbi- 

 culatum aut orbiculato-subcortlatum, in nonnullis cari- 

 natum , margine supero et basi transverse truncatis. 

 Lahium parvum, emarginatum. 



Corpus breviter ovale , tlepressum. Caput thorace 

 angustius. Thorax elytris paulo lalioiv, illoruiri basi 

 postice rrcla trausverse atlnatus , transversus, anlice 

 concavus, marginibus rotuutlato-subdilatatis. Scutellum 

 tlistinctum. Elytra lateribus simpliciter tleflexis, sub 

 abdominc nou aut paruni prodncto-infl^5.is. Abdomen 

 subquadratum, poslice rotundato-subangustatum. Pedes 

 sxpius validi, tiblis aut anticis saltem plerumque trian- 

 giiiaribus-, tarsis anticis iu aitero sexu articuiis mediis 

 Lrevioriljus, latioriljus et infra sa^pius liirsutis. 



