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INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. 49. Pimelia. 



FemoraUs. Black, fmooth: thighs thick, channelled beneath. 



Inhabits Germany, Tenebrio femoralrs. Sjft. Nat. xii. 



Striatula. Black ; fhells ovate oblong, ftriate: 



Inhabits Spain. Tenebrio flriatulus. Syfi. Nat. xii.^ 



Latkolliu Oval, depreiTed, deep black, fmooth: thorax very broad, 

 margined, excavated before tiuncate behind: fhells 

 fubitriate. 

 Inhabits the Cape of good hope. Pall. Inf. Rofs. l . tab. H.fig C.2 1 . 



Vittata\ 



Gibbous, black: fhells united, glabrous, with 3 fcarlet 

 flriae and future each fide : legs unarmed. 

 Inhabits out of Europe. Muf. Lejk.p. ^2. n. 932. 



Cages* 



Sulcata* 



b. Feelers clavate. Blaps. 



Black ; thorax rounded : fhells mucronate, very fmooth. 

 Inhabits Southern Europe. Sulz. Hiji. Inf. 64. tab. 7. fig. 9. 

 Very much refembles P. mcrtiafga, but is twice as large. 



Shells mucronate, grooved. 



Inhabits the Eaft : about half the fize of P. mortifuga. 



Shells united, with 8 — 9 fmooth grooves. 



This infecl is fold in Turkey, as a fpecific againft pains in the Ears 

 and the bite of Scorpions ; and is boiled with butter, and 

 eaten by the Turkifh Ladies, for the purpofe of making them 

 grow fat. 



*Mortifaga Black; fhells mucronate, fubpun&ured. 



Inhabits Europe. Schaeff. Icon. tab. 37. fig. 6, tab. 6.fg. 13. 

 This inoffenfive animal is regarded as a prefage of the death of 



one in the family, by the common people in Sweden, if it is 



feen crawling about the houfe. 



Excavata. Thorax angular behind: fhells with indented dots, fome- 

 what pointed. 

 Inhabits Coromandel. Pete<v. Gazoph. tab. yz.fig. 14. 

 Thorax fmooth black margined, iubfinuate behind with acute 

 angles : fliel/s black, ftriate punctured. 



Cpanulata m Black,, deprefled: fhells with fubfpinous tubercles.. 

 Inhabits the Cape of good hope : broader than the others. 



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