ANTHICUS. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae with conic joints, the second and 

 third nearly equal, terminal one ovate-oblong ; 

 labial palpi terminated by a small truncate joint; 

 thorax subcordate, often strangulated near the 

 middle ; penultimate tarsal joints bilobate ; nails 

 simple. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



The type of the insects which now constitute 

 the genus Anthicus of Fabricius, was included 

 by Linne in that of Meloe, by Geoffroy, Oli- 

 vier and Illiger in that of Notoxus, and by 

 Marsham in that of Lytta. I formerly adopted 

 Geoffroy's designation, but that name has since 

 been adopted by European naturalists for a very 

 different genus of insects. 



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