66 MALACODERMATA. 
Cleride. These are the different modes of insertion of the antenne, which are always 
separated by a space at their bases, and the absence of luminosity. 
Taken as a whole, the Telephoride are pretty uniformly distributed over the whole 
globe, but may be subdivided into groups which are more or less characteristic of the 
latitude they inhabit. Thus the Chauliognathini, which have the males furnished with 
a clasping anal segment largely developed, are confined to the tropics of America; 
while the Telephorini proper are essentially the form of the northern temperate zone. 
The Silini are the most widely spread of the subfamilies, some remarks upon which 
will be found in their proper place under the genus Si/is. 
Subfam. CHAULIOGNATHINTI. 
DAIPHRON. 
Genus Ohauliognatho affine; antennis latis, interne serratis, articulo tertio obeonico, quarto multo breviore et 
minore plerumque distinctum. 
Caput antice productum ; antenne compress, basi et apice minus late, articulo primo valido, secundo perbrevi 
ut in Chauliognatho, tertio obconico quam quartus duplo minore. Palpi ut in Chauliognatho. Prothorax 
subquadratus, limbo vix reflexo. LElytra aut postice ampliata, aut parallela. Abdomen maris segmentis 
septem, septimo ventrali elongato, fortiter convexo; femine transverso, inequali, medio exciso. Tarsorum 
articulus primus secundo paulo longior. 
Two types of insects are included in the group for which I propose this genus; in 
the first the elytra are widened posteriorly, giving the species a very Lycus-looking 
form, which their ochreous colouring relieved by black fascize or apices enhances. In 
the second the elytra are parallel, much as in Chauliognathus, but the wide antenne 
and almost unmargined thorax give them a peculiar facies; in these species the head 
is not so much produced, and it is always black ornamented with three yellow lines 
The genus is almost peculiar to Central America. I have, however, one species from 
Santa Catharina and one from Ecuador, both, I think, undescribed; but one is labelled 
“jugeletii,” a name from Dejean’s Catalogue. 
Section I. Elytra expanded towards the apex. 
1. Daiphron lyciforme. (Tab. V. fig. 2.) 
Ferrugineum ; occipite, antennis, palpis, thoracis vitta, scutello, pedibus (basi excepta), pectore, abdominis 
lateribus et segmento apicali, elytrorumque apice nigris. Long. 17 millim. ¢ @. 
Hab. Guatemata, Cubilguitz (Champion), Chinantla (Sallé); Nicaracua, Chontales 
(Belt). 
The figure is drawn from a Chontales female. Head yellow in front and beneath, 
crown black, opaque; antennez of the male rather more than half as long as the body, 
flat and a little serrate. Thorax rather wider than long, not punctured, but opaque 
with a waxy look ; hind angles distinct, front angles obtuse and not distinct; central 
vitta narrow. FElytra almost twice the width of the thorax at the humeral callus, which 
is distinct, and continued as a fold to the middle of the elytra; the sides widen till the 
