64 ORDER I. Leptura. 



Genus XVII. Leptura. 

 Linn. Syft. Nat. Pag. 637. 



The antennae of the Leptura are feta- 

 ceous, growing gradually taper towards the 

 end. 



The Elytra diminifh in breadth towards 

 their extremiy. 



The thorax is of a roundifli and flender 

 make. 



This genus is divided into two fedtions, 

 the firft containing thofe in which the 

 thorax is fomewhat oblong, but broader at 

 its bafe than where joined to the head, and 

 whofe elytra are truncated or cut oft at 

 their extremity, in a direct line ; the fecond 

 comprehends thofe in which the thorax 

 is nearly of a globular form, and whofe 

 elytra are obtufe at their extremities. 



Scopoli obferves, that the elytra of the Lep- 

 tune are ftiff, nor flexible as in the Cantharis. 



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