COLEOPTERA 475 



HH. Anterior coxae conical, prominent. 



I. Abdomen composed of five free segments; tarsi with the 

 penultimate joint lobed beneath. 



J. Neck wide; eyes large, finely faceted, and generally 

 emarginate. p. 498 PEDiLiDiE 



JJ. Neck narrow, eyes not emarginate. 



K. Eyes large, oval, rather finely faceted, p. 498.Pedilid^ 

 KK. Eyes small, rounded, generally coarsely faceted, p.498. 



ANTHICIDiE 



II. Abdomen composed of four free segments, the first formed 

 of two united, with the suture sometimes indicated; tarsi 

 with the antepenultimate joint lobed beneath, p. 499.. 



EUGLENID/E 



GG. Hind coxae large, prominent. 



H. Tarsal claws simple; head horizontal. p.498.Pyrochroid^ 



HH. Claws cleft or toothed, front vertical, p. 495.Meloid^ 



FF. Prothorax at base as wide as the elytra, p. 494 . . Rhipiphorid/E 



EE. Lateral suture of prothorax distinct; base of prothorax as wide as 



the elytra. 



F. Antennae filiform. 



G. Hind coxae plate-like. p. 494 Mordellid^ 



GG. Hind coxae not plate-like. p. 514 Melandryid^ 



FF. Antennae flabellate in the male, subserrate in the female, p. 494. 

 Rhipiphorid^ 



TABLE v.— THE FAMILIES OF THE LAMELLICORNIA 



A. Plates composing the club of the antennae flattened and capable of close 

 apposition. 



B. Abdomen with six visible ventral segments, p. 515 Scarab^id^e 



BB. Abdomen with five visible ventral segments. 



C. Epimera of mesothorax attaining the oblique coxae, p. 5I5.Scarab^iD/E 



CO. Epimera of mesothorax not attaining the coxae, p. 522 . . TROGiDiE 



AA. Plates composing the club of the antennae not capable of close apposition, 



and usually not flattened. 



B. Mentum deeply emarginate, ligula filling the emargination. p. 524.. 



Passalid^e 



BB. Mentum entire, ligula covered by the mentum or at its apex. p. 523. 



LuCANIDiE 



TABLE VL— FAMILIES OF THE PHYTOPHAGA 



This series includes three families, which are so connected by intermediate 

 forms that it is not easy to separate them. The following table will aid the student 

 in separating the more typical forms. 

 A. Body elongate; antennae almost always long, often as long as the body or 



longer. The larvae are borers, p. 524 Cerambycid^ 



AA. Body short and more or less oval; antennae short. 



B. Front prolonged into a broad quadrate beak; elytra rather short so that 

 the tip of the abdomen is always exposed. The larvae live in seeds, p. 535 



MVLABRIDiE. 



BB. Front not prolonged into a beak; usually the tip of the abdomen is 

 covered by the elytra. Both larvae and adults feed on the leaves of plants, 

 p. 530 ChRYSOMELIDjE 



TABLE VII.— THE FAMILIES OF THE RHYNCHOPHORA 



{Compiled from Blatchley and Leng) 



A. Beak rarely absent, usually longer than broad; tibiae never with a series of 

 teeth externally. 



