52 . ORDER I. Bruchus. 



ed by him Laria 9 to which he affigns the fol- 

 lowing characters : The antenna larger towards 

 their extremity ; the thorax elevated in the mid- 

 dle and rounded towards the fides ; the knob fi- 

 tuate at the bafe of the thighs in the Silpha is 

 wanting in this genus. 



The fame in feci is placed by Geoffroy with 

 his Mylabres, which genus, he fays* equally re- 

 fembles his Chryfomelae, and the Linnaean Cur- 

 culiones, connecting the two genera. 



G^us 



