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Genus XXVIII. MORDELLA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antenna filiform, sometimes serrated, some- 

 times pectinated. Palpi four; the anterior 

 ones the longest and clavated ; the posterior 

 filiform. Thorax convex. Head bent down 

 when disturbed. Elytra curved downwards 

 towards the tip. A broad lamina at the base 

 of the abdomen, before the thighs. Abdo- 

 men, in the females, pointed. 



General Observations. 



Very little is known of the habits of this ge- 

 nus of insects. They are few in number, small 

 in size, and are generally found on flowers. 

 The larva of the Mordellas has not been de- 

 scribed. 



SPECIFICATION". 



Mordella frontalis. M. atra, fronte pedibus- 

 queflavescentibus. Linn.Syst.Nat.p.68%. GmeL 

 p. 2024. Fabr. Spec. Ins. 1.^.333. Mant. Tns, 1. 

 p. 219. Ent. Syst. 1. pi. 2. p. 114. 

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