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Genus XXXVIII. CTMEX. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antenna longer than the thorax. Rostrum in- 

 flected. Wings four, folded together cross- 

 wise ; the upper ones coriaceous from their 

 base towards the middle. Back flat. Thorax 

 margined. Feet formed for running. 



General Observations. 



The Linnaean divisions of this genus are as 

 follows : — 



1. Apteri. Without wings. 



2. Scutellati. With the escutcheon as long 

 as the abdomen. 



3. Coleoptrati. With the elytra almost 

 wholly coriaceous. 



4. Membranacei. Much depressed, like a 

 leaf. 



5. Spinosi. In which the thorax has a spine 

 on each side. 



6. Rotundati. Of an oval shape. 



