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tion of the apical joint of the tarsi, which escaped the 

 notice of the original founders. Nevertheless, nearly 

 every one of the species in the arrangement followed in 

 this work, from Cicindela to Octotemnus, will be found 

 to be pentamerous; the Heteromerous section is pre- 

 served ; the species of the Rhynchophora, Longicornes, 

 and Eupoda answer to the Tetramera, and the remainder 

 constitute the Pseudotrimera of Westwood, equivalent 

 to the three-jointed beetles above mentioned. 



It will be seen, then, that our Coleoptera are divided 

 into eleven great sections, viz. the Adephaga or Carni- 

 vorous Beetles ; the Brachelytra, " Rove-Beetles " or 

 "Devil's Coachhorses j" the Necropliaga, or Carrion- 

 feeders (equivalent to the Clamcornes and Palpicornes 

 of French authors) ; the Lamellicornes, or Chafers and 

 their allies ; the Sternoxi ; the M alacodermi ; the Hete- 

 romera ; the Rhynchophora ; the Longicornes ; the Eu- 

 poda, and the Pseudotrimera. These again are divided 

 into subsections, families, etc., whose characters will be 

 given in due order. 



