INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. 49. Pimelia. 489 



Cepbalotes, Thorax ciliate at the fore and hind edges : fhells very rough, 

 with 4 railed lines, the lateral ones carinate and fub- 

 ferrate. 

 Inhabits the Deferts oWral. Pall. Icon, I . tab. C.fig, 1 5. 



Convexa. Black, fmooth : thorax orbicular convex, truncate before, 

 Inhabits Europe and Africa. 



Linearis* Black, fmooth : legs ferruginous : antennas very fhort. 

 Inhabits Sweden ; probably not of this divifion. 



Pubefens, Ovate, pubefcent, opake : fhells with each 4 denticulate 

 ribs. 

 Inhibits Egypt. Pall. Inf. Poff. 1. tab. C.fig. 19. 

 Thorax roundifh : Jbells united, the third line crenate. 



Aurita. Thorax margined, dilated on the fore- part : fhells bicari- 

 nate, with 2 gibbofities. 

 Inhabits Mauritania. Pall. Inf. Roff. i.tab. C fig. 5. a. b. 

 Body entirely black, glabrous. 



Didyma, Thorax widely margined, 2-horned behind : fhells angular, 

 with 2 gibbofities. 

 Inhabits Mauritania. PalL Inf. Rojs. I. p. 42. 

 Body entirely black, glabrous. 



Cafpka. Ovate, {lightly depreffed : thorax excavated before and be- 

 hind: fhells carinate each fide, with alternate n 

 and fmooth bands. 

 Inhabits near the Cafpian Sea. Pall. Icon, tab. C.fig. 1 3. 



Subgkbofa* Subglobular ; fhells with fmooth raifed dots and about 4 

 ribs, theoutmoft carinate and crenulate. 

 Tenebrio fubglobofus. Pall Ivfi RofiJ'. i.tab. C.fig. 16. a. b. 

 Inhabits Southern France and the dry deferts of Tariary. 

 Moves very (lowly and is infefted with the Gordiusi probably only 

 a v 'ariety of Pimelia rugofa. * 



Silpholdes. Sides of the thorax pointed behind, jagged before : fhells 

 with ^.fmooth ftrise. 

 Inhabits Mauritania, Tenebrio filphoides Syfi, 'Nat, xii. 



Tibialis. Black, fmooth : fore-fhanks compreiTed, 1 toothed. 

 Inhabits Africa and Spain. Body entirely cpake. 



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