THE STUDY OF INSECTS. 



The Dascyllids. p. 544 Family DASCYLLID^E. 



The Rhipicerids. p. 544 Family RHIPICERID^E. 



The Click-beetles, p. 544 Family ELATERID^;. 



The Throscids. p. 548 Family THROSCID^E. 



The Buprestids. p. 548 Family BUPRESTID^E. 



The Fire-fly Family, p. 550 Family LAMPYRIDJE. 



The Malachiids. p. 552 Family MALACHIID^E. 



The Checkered-beetles, p. 552 Family CLERID^E. 



The Ptinids. p. 553 Family 



The Cupesids. p. 553 Family 



The Ship-timber Beetle Family, p. 553. 



Family LYMEXYLID^E. 



The Ciids. p. 554 Family CIID^E. 



The Sphindids. p. 554 Family SPHINDID^E. 



DDDD. THE LAMELLICORNIA (La-mel-li-cor'ni-a) or Lamelli- 

 corn Beetles. Isomera in which the first ventral abdominal 

 segment is visible for its entire breadth and in which the 

 antennae have a lamellate club. 



The Stag-beetles, p. 554 Family LuCANID^E. 



The Scarabaeids. p. 556 Family SCARAB/EID^E. 



CC. THE PHYTOPHAGA (Phy-toph'a-ga). Isomera in which the 

 fourth and fifth tarsal segments are grown together ; the fourth 

 tarsal segment is usually very small, and concealed in a notch 

 in the third segment. 

 The Aberrant Long-horned Beetles, p. 566. 



Family SPONDYLID^:. 



The Long-horned Beetles, p. 567 Family CERAMBYCID^:. 



The Leaf-beetles, p. 574 Family CHRYSOMELID^E. 



The Pea-weevil Family, p. 581 Family BRUCHID/E. 



BB. THE HETEROMERA (Het-e-rom'e-ra) or Heteromerous Beetles. 

 -Typical Coleoptera in which the fore and middle tarsi are five- 

 jointed, and the hind tarsi four-jointed. 



The Darkling Beetles, p. 582 Family TENEBRIONID^;. 



The yEgialitids. p. 584 Family ^EGIALITID^E. 



The Cistelids. p. 584 Family CISTELID^E. 



The Othniids. p. 584 Family OTHNIID^E. 



The Lagriids. p. 584 Family LAGRIID^E. 



The Monommids. p. 584 Family MONOMMID^E. 



The Melandryids. p. 585 Family MELANDRYID^E. 



The Pythids. p. 585 Family 



The CEdemerids. p. 585 .Family 



The Cephaloids. p. 585 Family CEPHALOID^E. 



