1 94 MODERN SYSTEM. 



Sp. 1. Phal. cudaverina. 

 Tenebrio cadaverina. Fabr. 

 Inhabits sandy places. 



Genus 175. DIAPERIS. Geoff., Fair., Olio., Lam., Leach. Chrv- 

 soMELA. LJun., Marsh. Tenebrio. De Geer. 

 Antenna, gradually enlarging towards their extremities, from the fourtix 



joint perfoliated : hoch) nearly hemispheric, very conve.\ above. 

 Sp. 1. Bia. Bti/t/i of authors. 

 Chrysomela Boleti. Linn., Marsh. 

 Inhabits the boleti of trees : is rare. 



Genus 176. TETRATOMA. Herbst, Fair., Payk., Leach. 

 Antenna: terminated by a club of four joints, the other joints very 



small : bodj/ oval : tibite not spiny. 

 Sp. 1. Tctr. Fungorum. 

 Inhabits /««5/. 



Genus 177. LEIOIDES. Latr., Leach. Anisotoma. Illig., Fair. 

 SpiLtRiDiUM. Olivier. Tetratoma. Herbst. 

 .4 'z^ettw^E abruptly terminated by a five-jointed club, the eighth joint 

 (the second of the club) very small : thorax almost hemjspheric : 

 tibia: spinose. 

 Sp. 1. Lei. picca. 

 Anisotoma piceum. Illig. Anisotoma picea. Panz. Leoides picea. 



Latr. 

 Inhabits sandy places in Europe. 



b. Antenna termiiuited bi/ joints, resembling in their form the teeth 

 of a sazo. 



Genus 178. BOLILOPHAGUS. Illig., Fabr. Eledona. Latr., 

 Leach. Opatrum. Oliv., Marsh. Diaperis. Oliv. 

 Palpi filiform ; viaxillary ones with their last joint almost cylindric : nn- 

 ^e«/i(£ arcuate : 6of/y oval, convex, generally rough: thorax transverse, 

 emarginate before ; the sides often with acute margins. 

 Sp. 1. Boli. Agaricola. 

 Bolilophagus Agaricola. Illig., Fabr, Eledona Agaricola. Liitr., Leach. 



Opatrum Agaricola. Oliv., Marsh. 

 Inhabits boleti and other fungi. 



Stirps 3. — Antenna nearly or quite filiform,with their extremities simple, 

 a. Mandibles with their extremities bifid. 



Genus 170. IIELOPS. Fabr., Oliv., Lam., Illig., Latr., Rossi, 

 Leach. Tenebrio. Lirin. 

 Maxillary palpi terminated by a securiform joint: antenna as long or 

 longer than the thorax : thorax quadrate or semwrircular : body 

 convex. 

 Sp. HcL lanipcs. 



