INSECTS COLEOPTERA. 49. Pimelia. 491 



Buprepides Ovate, black : fhells united, very fmooth. 



Inhabits the Cape of good hope. Pall. It. 2. p. 719. n. 44. 



Dermepides Black, ovate : fhells obfoletely ftriate : fhield emarginate. 



Inhabits Saxony; refembles the laft, but is diftinguifhed by 

 having the fhield notched and the fnells (lightly ftriate. 



Obtuta. Thorax angular behind : body black : fhells obtufe ftriate. 

 Inhabits Coromandel. Blaps ftriata. Fabricius. 

 Head and thorax fmooth opake : Jhells united. 



Capen/is. Ovate, depreiFed, black : thorax with dilated margins : 4 

 fore-fhanks 1 -toothed. 

 Inhabits the Cape. Blaps dentipes. Fabricius. Append, p. 439. 

 Body large : head obtufe fubemarginate : thorax broad rounded : 

 Jhells united fubftriate, inflected at the tip. 



Emarginata Black ; fhells with crenate ftria? : lip emarginate. 

 Inhabits Morocco; middle-fized. 

 Head fquare : thorax rounded at the fides : Jhells obtufe. 



Granulofa. Black ; fhells with 3 raifed lines and fmall raifed dots be* 

 tween them : thorax emarginate. 

 Silpha granulata. Olinj. Inf. 2. tab. 2. fig. IO. 

 Inhabits Africa. Blaps vanolofa. Fabricius. 

 Thorax margined punctured : body and legs black. 



Sublaviga* DepreiFed, black ■ fhells with 3 raifed fmoothifh lines. 

 ta. Inhabits Morocco. Blaps laevigata. Fabricius. 



Tri/lis, Black; fhells grooved ; the grooves fmooth. 

 Inhabits fandy plains of Barbary. 

 Shield retufe entire : thorax flat nearly fquare. 



Serratula m Thorax thickened at the edge : fhells with 3 raifed crenate 

 lines. 

 Inhabits the Cape of good hope. Blaps ferrata. Fabricius. Append. 

 Head obtufe emarginate: thorax flat, with 2 raifed lines meeting 

 before, flightly ferrate beneath : body dufky. 



Femoratai Black; hind-thighs channelled beneath and covered with 

 ferruginous down. 

 Inhabits Germany. Blaps femoralis. Fabricius, 

 Head emarginate before : Jhells hardly flriate, 



3 Q.2 Tibiata. 



