The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . COLEOPTERA. 525 differ from the females in being armed with peculiar horns or tubercles either on the head or thorax;the labrum is generally entirely concealed; in some species the maxillae are terminated by a simple coria-ceous or crustaceous lobe, without teeth ; in others they are scaly, pointed, and armed with a few teeth ;the sternum is not prominent; the tarsal ungues are generally equal, the colours generally black or , 1111^. (havingp the
The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . COLEOPTERA. 525 differ from the females in being armed with peculiar horns or tubercles either on the head or thorax;the labrum is generally entirely concealed; in some species the maxillae are terminated by a simple coria-ceous or crustaceous lobe, without teeth ; in others they are scaly, pointed, and armed with a few teeth ;the sternum is not prominent; the tarsal ungues are generally equal, the colours generally black or , 1111^. (havingp the legs scarcely differing in length, with the four hind tibiae thick and toothed, [a verynumerous genus]—type. Scar, nasicornis, Linn., a reputed British species, IJ inch long, the male having a curvedhorn on tlie head,) and Agacephala, Mann, (having the fore-legs in the male considerably elongated, and the fourposterior tibiae slender, and comprising a few Brazilian insects), differ from the following in having the maxillaeterminated by a coriaceous lobe without teeth. The others have them horny, and more or less toothed. Scarah
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