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tempt to introduce sub-divisions into the group, and is of much 

 historical interest. 



Castelnau (Histoire naturelle des Insectes Coleopteres, 1840) 

 also proposed three groups, but as follows: i. Meloites 

 (Mcloc}, 2. Mylabrites (Cerocoma, Mylabris, Lydus}, 3. Can- 

 tharidites (Oenas, Cantharis, Lytta, Zonitis, Apalus, Sitaris}, 

 4. Nemognatha. 



Redtenbacher (Die Gattungen der Deutschen Kafer nach 

 der analytischen Methode bearbeitet, 1845) without adopting 

 the names of any of the previously proposed subdivisions, de- 

 vised the best systematic tables for the genera and species ever 

 published up to his time. 



Motschulsky (Coleopteres recus d'un Voyage de M. Hand- 

 schuh dans le midi de 1'Espagne, 1849) put forth three divi- 

 sions of the family, viz.: I. Obesicornes (Mylabris, Dices), 

 2. Lobaticornes (Meloe}, 3. Gracilicornes (Zonitis, etc.). 



Mulsant (Histoire naturelle des Coleopteres de France, 

 1857) attempted a detailed grouping of the family with the 

 following result: I. Meloidiens (Meloe), II. Mylabriens (i. 

 Cerocomaires, Cerocoma; 2. Mylabriaires, Hycleus, Mylabris} \ 

 III. Cantharidiens (i. Cantharidiaires, a. Alosimates, Alosi- 

 mus; b. Cantharidiates, Cantharis, Epicauta 2. Zonitaires, a. 

 Zonitates, Zonitis, Nemognatha, Apalus; b. Sitarates, Stcnoria. 

 Sitaris) . 



Lacordaire (Genera des Coleopteres, 1865) proposed two 

 subfamilies under the last of which he placed five tribes, thus : 

 I. Meloides vrais (Mcloc, Cystcodemus, Henous) ; II. Can- 

 tharides (i. Horiides, Horia, Cissites, 2. Mylabrides, Cerocoma, 

 Mylabris, 3. Cantharides vrais, Eletica, Tetraonyx, Phodaga, 

 Tcgrodera, Cantharis, Spastica, Oenas, Lydus, Sybaris, Cepha- 

 loon, Palaestra, Tmesidcra, Zonidis, Apalns, Palacstrida, 4. 

 Sitarides, Sitaris, Onychtcnus, Sitarida, 5. Nemognathides, 

 Nemognatha, GnatJiium). Lacordaire's work had a wide in- 

 fluence and his ideas have been followed by most entomologists 



since. 



Le Conte (Classification of the Coleoptera in the Smith- 

 sonian Miscellaneous Collection, 1862) and LeConte and Horn 



