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Genus V Hljli:\ 



J HERE are fix fpecles enumerated under this genus, all 

 varying in fize, but uniformly of a dark colour : in fome 

 .the elytra are ftriated, in others fpotted ; while fome are 

 fmooth and uniform in their colour. The larvae, as well 

 as the winged infe6ls of this genus, refide mod frequent- 

 ly in the dung of horfes and cows, and often upon fand. 

 The general characters in which they all refemble each 

 other, are drawn from the flaape of the antennae ; the laft; 

 articulation of which is larger than the others, and ter- 

 minates in a folid knob ; while the fird articulation i* 

 compreffed and incurvated. The mouth is forclpated ; 

 the head drawn back within the body ; and the fore-legs 

 are dentated *. 



The hifter unicolor is one of the moll beautiful infeCls 

 belonging to this tribe : The body is black, poliflied, 

 and brilliant. The figure of the animal is almolt fquare ; 

 the thorax large, and highly poliihed, having a flight 

 margin that bounds its circumference, The ant^;rior part 

 is formed withaflope, into which the head is withdrawn, 

 fo completely, that it is only perceptible by the projec- 

 tion of the maxillae. From this fituation of the head, the 

 infeds of this genus often feem altogether deprived of 

 that part. The elytra end abruptly, as if cut av/ay by 

 the middle, before they reach the whole length of the 

 iabdomen : They are fmooth, having only a few ftriee on 

 the outer fide, that are fcarcely perceptible f . 



; Syftema Nat. ord. I. gen. 5. f Earbut Genera Infe<itorflm, 



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