COLEOPTERA. 4] 
Misoutampus, Lat.—Pimeni, Herbst. 
Where the thorax is almost globular and the abdomen nearly ovoid; 
the third and fourth joints of the antennze are equal, and cylindrical, 
the eighth and two following ones a little stouter, almost turbiniform, 
and the eleventh or last larger and ovoid*. In 
Buars, Fab., 
Or Blaps properly so called, the thorax is almost square and plane, 
or but slightly convex. The abdomen is oval, truncated transversely 
at base, and more or less elongated. The elytra of most of them are 
narrowed and prolonged into a point, those of the males especially. 
The third joint of the antenne is cylindrical and much longer than 
the following ones; the latter, or at least the three antepenultimate 
ones, are granose; the last is ovoid and short. 
With those species in which the body and abdomen are propor- 
tionally less elongated and wider, in which the elytra of the females 
terminate in a very short point, and where the thorax is almost plane, 
are arranged the 
B. mortisaga, Oliv., Col., III, 60,1,2, 6; Tenebrio mortisaga, 
L. Length, ten lines; black, but slightly lustrous; smooth; 
simply punctured above; thorax almost square, offering on each 
side of its posterior margin vestiges of a small flattened border; 
extremity of the elytra forming a short and obtuse point. In 
dark and filthy localities near privies, and frequently in houses. 
B. levigaia, Fab. This species might constitute a particular 
subgenus. Its body is much shorter than that of the others, and 
extremely convex or gibbous. The antennz are granose from 
the fourth joint. The anterior tibie terminate in a stout point 
or spine formed by a spur. 
It is stated by Fabricius that the Turkish women inhabiting 
Egypt, where the Insect is very common, eat the Blaps sulcata, 
cooked with butter, in order to become fat. The same author 
also says that it is used as a remedy for the head-ach, and the 
sting of a Scorpion f. 
There, all the tibize are angular with longitudinal ridges; the two 
anterior are wider and strongly dentated exteriorly. The thorax is 
dilated anteriorly, cordiform, and widely truncated. 
Gonorus, Lat. 
The third joint of the antenne is elongated and cylindrical as well 
as the two or three following ones; those which succeed are granose; 
the last is ovoid and somewhat longer than the penultimate. The 
anterior margin of the head is concave, and the mentum forms a 
* Lat., Gener. Crust. et Insect., II, p. 160, and I, x, 8, Pimelia gibbula, Herbst., 
Col., VIII, cxx, 7. 
+ The Blaps gages, sulcata of Fabricius. See the Catal. dela Coll., &c., of Count 
Dejean. 
