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feci is totally deftitute of real or under wings.. If han¬ 
dled, and efpecially if crufhed, it diffufes a highly un- 
pleafant fmell. 
54. Pimelia excavata: thorax angular behind; fliells 
with indented dots, fomewhat pointed. It is a native of 
Coromandel. 
55. Pimelia granulata : black, deprefled ; fliells with 
fub-fpinous tubercles. It inhabits the Cape of Good 
Hope, as does the next. 
56. Pimelia bupreftoides : ovate, black; (hells united 
and very fmooth. 
57. Pimelia dermeftoides: black, ovate; fliells obfo- 
letely ftriate; fliield emarginate. It is a native of 
Saxony. 
58. Pimelia obtufa: thorax angular behind; body black; 
(hells obtufe, ftriate. It inhabits Coromandel. This is 
the Blaps Itriata of Fabricius. 
59. Pimelia Capenfis : ovate, deprefled, black ; thorax 
with dilated margins 5 it has four fore-flianks one-toothed. 
Found at the Cape. 
60. Pimelia emarginata: black, fliells with crenate 
(trite; lip emarginate. It inhabits Morocco. 
61. Pimelia granulofa : black; (hells with three railed 
lines, and (mail railed dots between them ; thorax emar¬ 
ginate. An African infedh 
62. Pimelia fublavigata : deprefled, black ; fhells with 
three raifed fmooth lines. A native of Morocco. 
63. Pimelia trillis : black; fliells grooved ; the grooves 
fmooth. Found in the fandy plains of Barbary. 
64. Pimelia ferratula: thorax thickened at the edge; 
fliells with three raifed crenate lines. Inhabits the Cape. 
6j. Pimelia femorata: black; hind-thighs channelled 
beneath, and covered with ferruginous down. A native 
of Germany. 
66. Pimelia tibiata : black; fliells ftriate; fore-fhanks 
dilated and triangular. It is found at the Cape of Good 
Hope. 
67. Pimelia crenata : thorax angular behind ; of a grey- 
brown colour; fliells with crenate Arise, obtufe. It in¬ 
habits Coromandel. 
68. Pimelia helopioides : oblong, black; fliells very 
fmooth. Inhabits Europe. 
69. Pimelia punftata : black; antennae ferruginous; 
fliells ftriate, and pumStured. It is a native of the South 
American iflands. 
70. Pimelia clathrata : black ; (hells latticed ; antennae 
ferruginous at the tip. Inhabits South America. 
71. PimeliaTpeciola : fubovate, bronzed, winged ; fhells 
highly polifhed, ftriate, with coppery and green lines. 
Inhabits Brafil. 
72. Pimelia chryfomeloides: ovate, very rough; thorax 
longitudinally ridged ; fhells with three tuberculatelines. 
A native of Mauritania. 
73. Pimelia coftata: fubglobular, roughifli, opaque; 
fliells with each three crenulate ribs, theoutmoft carinate. 
A native of Siberia. 
74. Pimelia torulofa: ovate, fubglobular; fhells tuber- 
culate, convex, without ribs. Found at the Cape. 
75. Pimelia agricola: pale rufous; head and thorax 
black. Inhabits Germany. 
76. Pimelia fabulofa : black; (hells rugged, pointed be¬ 
hind. Found in France, as is the next. 
77. Pimelia ofto-ftriata : black; fliells with eight punc¬ 
tured ftriae difpofed in pairs. 
II. Antennae entirely filiform, a. Feelers four, filiform. 
Sepidium. 
7*8. Pimelia tricufpidata: thorax with three teeth be¬ 
fore ; the body is of a grey colour. This is an Arabian 
infeft. 
79. Pimelia fi m i 1 i s: thorax dufky, with three teeth; 
difk of the fhells whitifh, with three brown lines. Found 
in Barbary. 
80. Pimelia criftata : thorax with three teeth, crefted ; 
body variegated. Found in Arabia. 
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81. Pimelia reticulata: thorax angular at the Aides; 
fliells reticulate. It inhabits the Cape of Good Hope; 
as do the two following. 
82. Pimelia corrugola : thorax fmooth ; glofly-black ; 
fhells rugged, with a Angle raifed line. 
83. Pimelia vittata: thorax fubangular; fhells black, 
with two white fillets, and a Angle raifed line. 
( 3 . Fore-feelers hatched-(haped, hind-ones clavate. 
Helops. 
84. Pimelia laminata: black; thorax nearly fquare, 
fmooth; fhells grooved; fore-fhanks incurved, with a 
round ferruginous appendage at the tip. Inhabits India. 
85. Pimelia pundlulata : black; thorax fquare; the 
edges flightly toothed; fhells ftriate, punftured. It in¬ 
habits India. 
86. Pimelia caerulea: bluifh: thorax fuborbicular ; 
fhells ftriate. This is found in this country, and other 
parts of Europe. 
87. Pimelia lanipes: bronzed; fhells ferrate and pointed. 
It is a native of Germany. 
88. Pimelia marginata: black; fhells with a fangui- 
neous edge all round. It inhabits Guinea. The fhells 
are ftriate, black, with a blue glofs ; the bread is rufous. 
89. Pimelia asruginofa : green bronzed; antennae, 
fhells, and legs, black. Found at the Cape of Good 
Hope. 
90. Pimelia bicolor : above dull brafly ; beneath black ; 
fhells ftriate. Inhabits the South American iflands. 
91. Pimelia ferrata : black; claws ferruginous; feelers 
projecting. This is an Englifh infeCt, and found in other 
parts of Europe. 
92. Pimelia barbata: black; feelers projecting; legs 
yellowifh. A native of Saxony, as is the next. 
93. Pimelia caniculata : black ; thorax channelled, im- 
preffed on each fide ; the fhells are ftriate; the feelers pro- 
jeCting. . 
94. Pimelia hsemorrhoidalis: head and thorax azure; 
fliells green, with crenate Arise; the tail is rufous. It is 
found in India. 
95. Pimelia lurida: black; antennae and legs brown. 
Inhabits Brafil. 
96. Pimelia laevis: black; thorax channelled, tapering 
behind ; fliells fmooth. Inhabits Saxony. 
97. Pimelia equeftris : black ; fhells with an abbrevia¬ 
ted gold band. Inhabits Brafil. 
98. Pimelia maura : black; thorax rounded on each 
fide, fmooth ; fliells with indented dots. Inhabits the 
Eaft Indies. 
99. Pimelia morio : black ; thorax fquare, fmooth ; 
fhells with punClured grooves. Inhabits North America. 
100. Pimelia nigrita: black ; thorax rounded at the 
edges ; fliells with crenate grooves. Inhabits Tranque- 
bar. 
101. Pimelia picicornis : ovate, black; fhells ftriatt, 
antennse and abdomen piceous. Inhabits the Eaft Indies. 
102. Pimelia rufipes : black; fhells, antennse, and legs, 
rufous. Found in New Holland. 
103. Pimelia longipes : black; fliells ftriate; legs long; 
fecond pair of flianks bearded. Inhabits the equinoctial 
parts of Africa. 
104. Pimelia Bonas Spei: ovate, black ; thorax fmooth; 
(hell ftriate. Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 
105. Pimelia marginata: ovate; thorax thickened at 
the edges; fhells ftriate and fmooth. Inhabits the Cape. 
106. Pimelia atra: black; fhells ftriate; antennse and 
legs brown. Native of Germany. 
107. Pimelia Anglica : black; thorax rounded before ; 
fhells ftriate, punctured; antennse rufous at the tip. It 
is a rare infeCt, but a native of England. 
108. Pimelia Hottentotta : black ; fhells with crenate 
ftriae. This is found in France. 
109. Pimelia Bankii: black ; fhells grooved, punctured; 
fore-thighs fharply toothed. Found in Coromandel. 
no. Pimelia undata: black; thorax rufous, with 
black 
