84 ORDER I. Tcnebrio. 



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Genus XXVI. Tenebrio. 

 Linn. Syft. Nat. Pag. 674. 



The antenna? of the Tenebrio are moni- 

 liform, or refemble a firing of beads : the 

 ultimate articulation is rounder than the 

 others. 



The thorax has a margin, and is of a con- 

 vex form, though rather flattifli, the eleva- 

 tion being inconfiderable. 



The head is porre&ed, or ftretched for- 

 wards. 



The Elytra are rather iliff. 



This genus is divided into twofeclions; 

 the firft containing fuch Tenebriones as 

 want wings, and in which the elytra are 

 united, or without a longitudinal future ; 

 the fecond 3 fuch as are furnifhed with 

 wings. 



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