. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. COLEOPTERA. 531 from the preceding' in having the head more or less narrowed in front, the middle of its great margin having a notch to receive the upper lip; the antenna; are always 11-jointed, and the thorax cordate-truncate. Eurychora, Thunberg (with the body oval, the edges acute and ciliated), and Adelostoma, Duponch. (with the body narrow and elongated), ditfer from all the foregoing in having the front edge of the mentum slightly emarginate, (not divided into two lobes,) or concave, with the lateral angles acut
. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. COLEOPTERA. 531 from the preceding' in having the head more or less narrowed in front, the middle of its great margin having a notch to receive the upper lip; the antenna; are always 11-jointed, and the thorax cordate-truncate. Eurychora, Thunberg (with the body oval, the edges acute and ciliated), and Adelostoma, Duponch. (with the body narrow and elongated), ditfer from all the foregoing in having the front edge of the mentum slightly emarginate, (not divided into two lobes,) or concave, with the lateral angles acute. We terminate the Pimeliaires with such as have the mentum square, without any notch or impression in the front edge; the body is always oblong, the antennae have always eleven distinct joints, the anterior femora are often thickened, and sometimes toothed. Tagenia, Latr. (having the third joint of the antennse scarcely longer than the following, and the eleventh very small), and Psammetichug, Latr. (with the third joint of the antennae much longer than the following, and the last joint as large as the preceding), have the thorax narrow, and the sides of the head dilated. Scaurus, Fabr., with the thorax nearly isometrical, or square, composed of Old World species. Scotobius, Germar, has the thorax broader than long, with the sides rounded ; composed of South American species. Sepidiiim, Fabr., has the sides of the thorax angular, or with a strong tooth, and the middle of the back is chan- nelled ; the sides of the head are but slightly dilated. The species are found in the South of Europe and Africa. The two last genera have the antennae composed of nearly cylindrical joints, the three or four terminal joints alone being rounded or ovoid ; the species are inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope. Trachynotus, Latr., has the eyes round or oval, and the thorax depressed. Moluris, Latr., and Psammodes, K., have the eyes narrow and long, and the thorax convex. The second tribe of the
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