36 ORDER I. Hifter. 



Genus V. Hister. 



Linn. Syft. Nat. page $65. 

 The firft articulation of the antennas of 

 this infedt is compreffed or flattened, and 

 curve ; the laft, or terminating one, is 

 confiderably larger than the others, and 

 appears to be a folid knob. 



The head is drawn within the body, fo 

 that the jaws only appear. 



The mouth is armed with jaws like a 

 forceps. 

 The elytra are fhorter than the body. 



The fore legs are dentated, as in the 

 Scarabaeus. 



Geoffroy and Schseffer have given the name 

 of Attelahus to this genus, preferving all its 

 chara&eriftics, adding, however, that the anten- 

 nae are broken, or form an angle from the end 

 of the firft articulation, and that the feet are 

 curforii, or made for running. 



The firft has obferved that the capitnlum, or 



knob of the antennae which appears to be folid, 



2 is 



