. The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization; forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. 542 Div. 3. ARTICULATA.—INSECTA. Class 3. R/iina, Latr., is wing;ed, and the antennse are inserted near the middle of the rostrum; the fore-feet in the males are very long. Calaiidra proper, has the antenna; much elbowed, but inserted at the base of the rostrum. Calandra granaria, the Corn Weevil, commits great havoc in granaries, its larva feeding on the grain ; that of C. palmarum feeds on the palm. Its larva is esteemed a delicacy by the natives
. The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization; forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. 542 Div. 3. ARTICULATA.—INSECTA. Class 3. R/iina, Latr., is wing;ed, and the antennse are inserted near the middle of the rostrum; the fore-feet in the males are very long. Calaiidra proper, has the antenna; much elbowed, but inserted at the base of the rostrum. Calandra granaria, the Corn Weevil, commits great havoc in granaries, its larva feeding on the grain ; that of C. palmarum feeds on the palm. Its larva is esteemed a delicacy by the natives of South America. Cossonus, has short antennae, inserted near the middle of the rostrum. Drt/opthoi-ut, Sch., has only 6-jointed antennae, and 5- jointed tarsi; none of the joints being bilobed. THE SECOND FAMILY OF THE COLEOPTERA TETRAMERA,— The Xylophagi,— Have not the head produced into a muzzle; the antennae are thickened towards the tips, or pcrfoliated from the base; always short, with fewer than eleven joints in the majority ; the tarsi ^^which appear to be 5-jointed * in some), generally entire, or having the penultimate joint dilated and heart- shaped ; in the latter case the antennae are always terminated by a club, either solid and ovoid, or divided into three plates, and the palpi are short and conical. These insects generally live in wood, which their larvae pierce, forming burrows in every direction ; and when abundant in forests, especially those of firs and pines, they destroy the trees in a few years, rendering them unfit to be used in the arts. Some are also very destructive to the olive; others feed on fungi. We divide this family into three sections. 1. Those which have the antennae composed of ten joints at least, either terminated in a thick mass, generally solid, or having three elongated plates; or forming a cylindric and perfoliated mass from the base, and the palpi are conical; the anterior tibiae in the majority are toothed, and armed with a str
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