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8 . Pimelia hifpida : dill! black ; body rough, with eredt 
ft iff hairs. Inhabits Alexandria. 
9. Pimelia longipes: black; fliells united, muricate; 
legs long. Native of feveral parts of Egypt. 
10. Pimelia ruftica : thorax globular, grey ; fliells with 
a Angle raifed angular line. Inhabits the Cape of Good 
Hope. 
11. Pimelia muricata : black; fliells obtufe, with mu¬ 
ricate ftrias. Inhabits fouthern Europe.and the Eaft. 
12. Pimelia tuberculata : black; thorax rough ; fliells 
with fubfpinous tubercles. Inhabits divers parts of 
Italy. 
13. Pimelia variolofa: black; thorax fmooth; fliells 
with obtufe tubercles; the legs are long. It inhabits 
the Cape. 
14. Pimelia bi-pundfata : black ; thorax globular, with 
two imprefled dots; (hells rugged, with three raifed 
fmooth (trite. Native of Italy. 
15. Pimelia fcabra : black; fliells rough; antennas and 
legs brown. This is found at the Cape. 
16. Pimelia groffa : black; fliells rough, with three 
fmooth raifed lines. Inhabits Barbary. 
17. Pimelia angulata: fliells fpinous, with a lateral 
raifed ferrate line. Native of Alexandria. 
18. Pimelia echinata : thoraxfpinotis at the (ides; fliells 
with raifed fpinous lines. Inhabits the Cape of Good 
Hope. 
19. Pimelia dentata : thorax glabrous; body black; 
fliells brown, with three raifed ferrate lines. Inhabits the 
Cape. 
20. Pimelia porcata : thorax fmooth, polifhed ; fliells 
with three raifed lines, the fpaces between are rough with 
raifed dots. 
21. Pimelia maculata : thorax black ; fliells cinereous, 
fpotted with brown,with three raifed lines; the fecond 
(lightly waved. It inhabits the Cape. 
22. Pimelia ferrata : thorax variolous, fliells with three 
raifed lines ; the interftices are rugged, and the legs long. 
23. Pimelia minuta: thorax fmooth and dulky; the 
fliells are cinereous and rough with three raifed fmooth 
lines. 
24. Pimelia rugofa : thorax rough ; fliells rugged, nar¬ 
rower before. 
25. Pimelia fpinofa : thorax margined, fpinous before 
and behind ; the (hells are marked with raifed fmooth 
llriae. It is found in the fouth of Europe, and alfo in 
the Eaft. 
26. Pimelia acuminata : thorax margined, the fore and 
bind margins fpinous ; (hells fmooth, and united. A 
native of fouthern Europe. 
27. Pimelia reflexa : thorax margined, and reflected at 
the edges; (hells muricate, with a Angle raifed lateral line. 
Found in the Eaft. 
28. Pimeliafafciata : thorax fub-orbicular ; body black; 
the fliells have two abbreviated yellow bands. It is an 
Indian infedl. 
29. Pimelia collaris: black; fliells fmooth, with a An¬ 
gle angle; the thorax is narrower than the fliells; the 
head is deprefled, carinate. Found in the fouthern parts 
of Europe. 
30. Pimelia carir.ata : black; thorax orbicular ; fliells 
raifed with three fmooth lines. Inhabits the fouth of 
Europe. 
31. Pimelia ciliata : black; deprefled; thorax and fliells 
ciliate, the latter refledfed at the edges. Native of the 
Cape. 
32. Pimelia lineata : rounded and rough thorax; the 
fliells have three lines of raifed dots, and between thefe 
there are three lines. It inhabits Siberia. 
33. Pimelia leucographa: rounded and rough thorax ; 
fliells cinereous with nine black raifed lines. It is a 
fmall infedl, and found in Saxony. 
34. Pimelia glabra: black ; thorax rounded and fmooth; 
fliells very fmooth. It inhabits Egypt, and varies very 
much in fize. 
35. Pimelia anguftata : glabrous; thorax narrowed be- 
hind ; (hell pointed. It inhabits the Eaft. The body is 
entirely fliining black. 
36. Pimelia orbiculata : glabrous; thorax orbicular; 
fliells pointed. It is the Tenebrio nomas of Pallas. Na¬ 
tive of the Eaft. 
37. Pimelia cephalotes : thorax ciliate at the fore and 
hind edges; the fliells very rough, with four raifed lines, 
the lateral ones carinate and fubferrate. It inhabits the 
deferts of Ural; and is reprefented at flg. 5. 
38. Pimelia convex-a : black, fmooth; thorax orbicu¬ 
lar, convex, truncate before. It is found in divers parts 
of Europe and Africa. 
39. Pimelia linearis: black, fmooth ; legs ferruginous; 
antennae very fhort. Inhabits Sweden. 
40. Pimelia pubefcens : ovate, pubefcent, opaque; 
fliells with each four denticulate ribs. It is found in 
Egypt. ... 
41. Pimelia aurita: thorax margined, dilated on the 
fore part ; (hells bicarinate, with two gibboflties. It in¬ 
habits Mauritania, as does the next. 
42. Pimelia didyma : thorax widely margined, two¬ 
horned behind ; fliells angular, with two gibboflties. 
43. Pimelia Cafpica ; ovate, (lightly deprefled ; thorax 
excavated before and behind; fliells carinate on each fide, 
with alternate rough and fmooth bands. A native of the 
Cafpian Sea. 
44. Pimelia fubglobofa : this, as its name imports, is 
fubglobular; fliells with fmooth raifed dots, and about 
four ribs, the outmolt are carinate and crenulate. It is 
the Tenebrio fubglobofus of Pallas. It inhabits fouthern 
France, and the deferts of Tartary. It moves very (lowly, 
and is infefted with the Gordius; and fuppofed to be a 
variety only of the Pimelia rugola. 
45. Pimelia filphoides : (ides of the thorax pointed be¬ 
hind, jagged before; (hells with three fmooth Arise. Na¬ 
tive of Mauritania. 
46. Pimelia tibialis: black, fmooth; fore-flianks com- 
prefled, one-toothed. It inhabits Africa and Spain. 
47. Pimelia femoralis: black, fmooth ; thighs thick, 
channelled beneath. Found in divers parts of Germany. 
48. Pimelia ftriatula: black; fliells ovate-oblong, ftri- 
ate. A native of Spain. 
49. Pimelia laticollis: oval, deprefled, deep black, 
fmooth ; thorax very broad, margined, excavated before 
and truncate behind ; the fliells are fubftriate. Found at 
the Cape of Good Hope. 
50. Pimelia vittata : gibbous, black; (hells unitea, 
glabrous, with three fcarlet ftrise and futures on each fide ; 
legs unarmed. 
/ 3 . Feelers clavate. Blaps of Fabricius. 
51. Pimelia gages : black ; the thorax a little rounded ; 
the fliells are mucronate, and very lmooth. Inhab.ts the 
fouthern parts of Europe. This large fpecies is repre- 
lented at fig. 6. 
52. Pimelia fulcata : fliells mucronate and grooved. 
It is found in the Eaft. The (hells are united with eight 
or nine fmooth grooves. This fmall infedt is fold in Tur¬ 
key as a fpecific againft pains in the ears, and the bite of 
fcorpions ; and is boiled with butter, and eaten-by the 
Turkifh ladies for the purpofe of making them grow far. 
53. Pimelia mortifaga : black; fliells mucronate, fub- 
pundlured. Found in various parts of Europe, as well as 
in this country. This inoffenfive animal is regarded by 
the common people of Sweden as a prefage of death, if it is 
feen to crawl about the houfe. It is generally, however, 
found in dark negledted places, as beneath boards, in cel¬ 
lars, &c. It is a coal-black infedl, meafuring about an 
inch in length, of rather (low motion, and diltinguiftied 
by the remarkably pointed appearance of the wing- 
(heaths, which at their extremities projedt a little beyond 
the abdomen : they are alfo perfedlly connate or undivi¬ 
ded, forming a complete covering to the body,-being car¬ 
ried over the Aides to fome diftance beneath, and the in- 
