. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. Eleutheratorum, x,p. 532, pi. v-xii). In both the larval and perfect state the members of the familylive on vegetable matter in various con-ditions, but chiefly in a dry state, andmany species are found among grain,some of them (e. g. Tenehrio molitor, orthe meal beetle) occasionally doingserious damage in granaries and stores ;in consequence of this habit they arecarried all over the world in grain-shipsand are, therefore, in many cases, cosmo-politan. Some of the Tenebrionid^e are large,black, and often repulsive looking ins
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. Eleutheratorum, x,p. 532, pi. v-xii). In both the larval and perfect state the members of the familylive on vegetable matter in various con-ditions, but chiefly in a dry state, andmany species are found among grain,some of them (e. g. Tenehrio molitor, orthe meal beetle) occasionally doingserious damage in granaries and stores ;in consequence of this habit they arecarried all over the world in grain-shipsand are, therefore, in many cases, cosmo-politan. Some of the Tenebrionid^e are large,black, and often repulsive looking insects( Blaps, Ocnera, Tentyria,n,ii&Pimelia).The latter are found in salt and sandyplaces and are sluggish insects, whileothers, of the same dark colours, run withFig. 69.—Setenis valga. great velocity ; many have the elytra inpart or entirely soldered together and arepractically, if not absolutely, apterous: others, again, have largeand ample wings, and some are brightly coloured. One of thestrangest and most isolated genera of the family is Cossyphus,.
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