164 MODERN SYSTEM. 



Genus 77. TELEPHORUS. Schaff., De Geer, Leach, Ollv., Lam., 

 Latr. Cantharis. Linn., Fabr., Marsh., Gyll. 



Mandibles with their apex acute and entire : antenna' distant : joints cy- 

 Undric, elongate: maxdltB bifid: bodij soft: pulpi witli their last joint 

 securiform: elytra the length of the abdomen. 



Sp. 1. Tel. fuscus. Cinereous-black: mouth, base of the antennae, 

 thorax, back of the abdomen, sides of the belly and anus, red : tho- 

 rax with a black spot. {PL 3. fig. 4.) 



Cantharis fusca. Linn., Fabr. Telephorus fuscus. Latr. 



Inhabits various plants in the spring and beginning of summer. 



Genus 78. MALTHINUS. Latr., Leach. Cantiiarxs. Linn., 

 Fabr., Marsh. Telephorus. Oliv., De Geer. 



Anten7ia d'\sta.nt, joints elongate, cylindric: ?«a.ri//« bifid : 7nandibles with 

 their points entire and very sharp : budt/ soft : palpi with their last 

 joint ovate, acute : elyt7^a shorter than the abdomen : head attenuated 

 behind more or less. 



S\). 1. Mal.Jlavus. Head much attenuated behind : thorax not broader 

 than long, margined all roimd, the middle longitudinally impressed : 

 body yellowish : antennje (base excepted), vertex, and dorsal mark 

 of the thorax blackish: elytra with punctured strife, yellow at their 

 points. 



Telephorus minimus. Oliv. Malthinus flavus. iMtr. 



Inhaljits the oaks of England and France. 



Fam. \TII. MELYRiu.t. Leach. 



Tarsi with the last joint but one bifid; mandibles notched: maxilla: lii- 

 fid: antennfE filiform, composed of ten joints: elytra soft, flexible: 

 thcyrax quadrate or semicircular. 



Genus 79. DASYTES. Payk., Fabr., Latr., Leach. Melyris. 

 Olivier, Lam., Illig. Tillus. Marsh. 



Head somewhat transverse, retracted within the thorax, even to the 

 eyes : tarsi with nails apparently bifid : antenna with short turbi- 

 nated joints nearly as broad as long: lip with the apex deeply 

 notched, almost bifid : body without papillae. 



Sp. 1. L>as. (iter. Oblong, black, widely punctate, hairy, the hairs 

 black and cinereous: head with a double impression in front, which 

 is ovate and roughish. 



Dasytes atcr. Lair., Fabr. Melyris atcr. Olivier. 



Inhabits Europe, amongst grass and moss. 



Genus 80. MALACIIIUS. Fabr., Oliv-, Lam., Latr., Leach. Cax- 

 TiiARis. Linn., Marsh. Telephorus. SchafJ'., De Geer. 

 Head somewhat transverse, retractile even to the eyes within the tho- 

 rax: tarsi with apparently bifid nails: antenme with conic or cylin- 

 (Iric-conic joints, longer than broad, in some tew pectinated : labium 



