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front, the lateral edges very much rounded, sphious : elytra elongate, 

 spinous. 



The only species of this singularly constructed genus, which may 

 be instantly recognized by its spinous thorax and elytra, is found at 

 the roots of grass. 



Sp. 1. atra. Ptate xxiii. f. 6. Atra, opaca, thorace elytrisque spinosis. (Long. 



corp. 1| — If Ihi.) 

 Hi. atra, Linne. — Steph. Catal. 241. No. 2410. 



Blackj opaque: antennas with the basal joint elongate, unispinous : thorax 

 with two geminated divaricating spines towards the anterior margin, the 

 lateral margins dilated, each v/ith a simple and a geminated spine : elytra 

 coarsely punctate-striate, each with six rows of elongate spines, planted 

 thickly together, the marginal ones stoutest, longest, and more regular: 

 legs black : anterior tibiae with a spine near the middle of the outer edge. 



Of this extraordinary insect I possess a pair ; one of which was 

 captured near Rochfort in Essex; the other I obtained from the 

 Marshamian Cabinet. 



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