478 INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. 48. Tenebrio. 



Bucephalus* Entirely brown pun£tured : eyes black. 



Inhabits India. Herb ft. Arch. 6. tab. 29. fig. 16. i. 



B. Feelers. 4. 

 a. Lip truncate, entire. Tenebrio. 



Cupreus* Black; thorax nearly fquare, crenate at the margin : flicl 

 coppery punctured. 

 Inhabits -Guinea ; large. Shells irregularly punctured. 



Aratus. Black; thorax roundifh entire: mells filiate coppery. 

 Inhabits Guinea. Tenebrio fuleatus. Fabr. 1, \. p. no. 

 All the thighs Channelled before the tip aad 2-toothcd. 



Curvipes, Black ; thorax nearly fquare : mells with crenate ftria? 

 fore-fhanks incurved. 

 Inhabits Germany; long, narrow. 

 Head ovate black, a little notched before. 



Serratus, Glabrous, black: fhells ftriate : hind-ihanks ferrate. 

 Inhabits Sierra Leona. 

 Head narowed at the bafe : thighs channelled: hind jliank 

 incurved, elevated, ferrate within. 



Qhfcimis. Oblong, black dufky : thorax fquare: fhells fubftriate. 

 Inhabits Germany; larger than T. molitor. 

 Antennae black, the laft joint ferruginous ; fcre»Jhanks incurved, 



* Molitor. Oblong, piceous: mells ftriate. 



Found in meal and bread. Sulz. Inf. 7. Jig. 52. 



Antennae as long as the thorax : jliells long, with 9 ftriae on each 



upper part of the thighs large and round. 

 The larva is foft and white, and is eagerly fought after b; 



Nightingales. 



Glabraius* Oblong, black : fhells fmooth glabrous. 



Inhabits Africa; fomething lefs than T. molitor. 

 Tenebrio lacvigatus. Fabr ictus. 1, 1. p. in. n. 7, 



Chalybeus. Violet ; antennas and legs piceous. 



Inhabits Guinea. Degeer. Inf. ^.tab. ij-fg. M- 



Variegatm. Oblong ; varied with cinereous and brown. 



Inhabits Africa. Body variegated with grey hairs. 



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