j ^ OltDER I. COLEOPTERA. 59 
may be obtained \T!u A, }' Ut many of the species are very local : they 
the year. 111 thc above-mentioned situations at all seasons of 
Antenne fil ifo . . GenUS 33 ‘ C «abos. 
thorn, r 01*^1^™™’ 1 f t 1 articulation obtllse ^)ul truncated : 
margined. ’ Cated at the a P« x > and marginated : elytra 
109 British species of this genus: the 
a few are found in t recs f P ,. r L g "’", nd ’ 1 UIK,er stones, in sand-pits 
whole of this tribe arc verJ v, r ' °' 1 th f h,rra ° r . J ^ pUoptera . The 
Can overcome; they discharge's -h”!* J >r ] eyln § 0,1 a1 * insects which they 
iiqnor : many of them wantViu'^'tb ^l’ ”, brov ' n cal| stic and fetid 
separate and moveable: their hrwp ’li , - U ® * tb< i lr > n general are 
in the earth, fee. '*"* hve 111 P ut » d wood, am, mg mosses, 
types o/f 0 manv’er 19 ’ ^ 20, . llclf ’ n S to this genus of Linne. They are 
system of Dr. Leach,' 16 ’' 3 ’ ^ characters of which are given in the 
A Genus 34. Teneerio. 
■mall T a !' ly rountl : »«*» with a 
s so me\vhat rigid. “ ’ “argmated : head standing out: elytra 
O”/- 4. owmsh-bWk; the anterior thighs the thickest. 
mcal,bakws'o°4n 1 sr(hy llread^L^The Mcal -™ rm > ant ' are found in 
Wl ! h Poteen segments^ soft ’attd are s ™oth, 
gales, and other Mulacillce. ’ 1 favourite food of nightin- 
^ . 3 !'/ B 7 s ’ m ' r " MarsL Tmo > 
-«> margin^ ^ V” 18 ’ 1 de § ree of ^nvexity, 
wanting. g dytra somew hat rigid: wings 
; he antenna, rnoniliform at th’eTpex" endlng m a P oint > and smooth ; 
“ ? * “ e ca,led 
• u< > liquor. em,ts a certain colourless but 
Antenna filiform-^? •°r‘ LyTTA ’ Fabr - m eloe, Linn. 
somewhatround f ? Ur A UneqUa1 ’ ‘behind ones clavated • n 
S <; V . %«« an<1 S lbbous : elytra soft a.fo 
inhabits the south of r ’ ’ ‘he antennae black. (P/. 4 x , , 
f Eur °P e ’ and * occasionally found i„ 
