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Genus XTII. BRUCHUS. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Ant enna filiform^vith eleven articulations,grow- 

 ing somewhat thicker towards the extremity. 

 Mandibula simple. Maxilla bifid. Palpi 

 four, filiform ; the two anterior with four ar- 

 ticulations, the posterior with three. Tarsi 

 with four articulations ; the two first trian- 

 gular, the third bilobate. 



General Observations* 



It was not till after the tenth edition of the 

 Systema Nature?, that Linnaeus separated these 

 insects from among the Dermestides and Cur- 

 culiones, and established them as a separate 

 genus, under the name of Bruchus. GeofFroy 

 has given them the name of Milabris, which has 

 not, however, been adopted by succeeding en- 

 tomologists. 



The larvae have a short, thick, arched body, 

 with a small scaly head, and two hard, cutting 

 mandibles ; they have nine stigmata, or air vents, 

 on each side. 



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