Excerpt from A Revision of the Tenebrionid Subfamily ConintinaThis genus is represented at present by one or two species, among the largest of the entire subfamily and possessing many peculiarities of structure and sculpture. The epipleura are very wide and almost even in width in about basal half, be tween the simple inner margin of the infiexed part of the elytra and the acute and very narrowly refiexed lateral mar gins, and the elytral sculpture is notably different from any thing occurring elsewhere. The type may be described as follows.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.