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COLEOPTEKA 



Fig. 151. — A;/ft/ci/deres setlfcr. Canary Islands. 

 A, Imago ; B, tansus according to Westwood ; 

 C, according to nature ; D, maxilla ; E, 



laliiiini. 



at all clear that the minute knot he considered the third joint is 



more than the articulation 

 of the elongate terminal 

 joint. The family consists 

 only of two or three species 

 of Aglycyileres, one of which 

 occurs in the Canary 

 Islands, and one or two in 

 New Zealand and New- 

 Caledonia. The former is 

 believed to live in the stems 

 of EiifphorVui canariensis ; 

 a New Zealand species has 

 been found in connection 

 with the tree-fern Gyatlcea 

 dealhata. 

 Fam. 85. Proterhinidae, — T'trsi three -jointed, the second joint 

 lohed ; liead of th,e nude scarcely prolonged, htit that of the female 

 forniing a dejivite rostrum.; maxillae and ligvJa entirely covered 

 hy the mentuni. As in the preced- 

 ing family the sutures on the 

 under side of the head and pro- 

 sternum cannot be detected. The 

 minute palpi are entirely enclosed 

 in the buccal cavity. There is a 

 very minute true third joint of 

 the tarsus, at the base of the ter- 

 minal joint, concealed between the 

 lobes of the second joint. The 

 family consists of the genus Pro- 

 terhinus ; it is confined to 

 Hawaiian Islands, where these In- 

 sects 



native forests. The genus is numerous in species and individuals. 

 Strepsiptera (or Rhipiptera, Stylopidae). — 3fale small or 

 minute; prothoi-ax extremely small; mesothorax moderate, the elytra 

 reduced to sni<dl, free slips ; metathorax and ivings very large ; 

 nervuration of the latter radiating, ivithout cross nervides. Female 

 a mere sac, with one extremity smaller and forming a sort of nech 

 or head. These curious Insects are parasitic in the interior of 



the Fig. 1.')2. — Profer/iiims lecoiitci. Ha- 

 waiian Islands. A, Male ; B, female ; 

 C, front foot, more magnified. 



live on dead wood in the 



