NORMAL COLEOPTEEA 



(continued). 



LAMELLICOPtNIA. 



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A, Club of antennae comblike, plates fixed. 



Antennae with ten joints. Epimera of metathorax 

 covered ; abdomen with five ventral segments ; spiracles 

 placed in articulating membrane between dorsal and ven- 

 tral segments. First four tarsal joints about equal in 

 length, last joint with a prominence between claws, bearing 

 two bristles. Liocanidae. 



B, Club of antennae formed of moveable plates. 



ci. Spiracles placed in articulating membrane between 

 dorsal and ventral segments of abdomen. 



Ligula separate from mentum, rarely horny. Penulti- 

 mate dorsal and ventral abdominal segments joined by a 

 membrane. Club of antennae usually three-jointed, closely 

 covered with pubescence within. 



I, Abdomen with six ventral segments. 



1, Epimera of metathorax hidden; antennae with 

 eight or nine joints. 



A A. Ventral segments of abdomen soldered 

 together ; posterior tibiae with only one apical 

 spine. 



Intermediate legs usually placed far apart. Eyes partly 

 or wholly divided ; antennae rarely with eight joints ; 

 scutellum hidden or very small ; apex of abdomen not 

 covered by elytra ; anterior tarsi sometimes extremely 

 small or absent. Copridae. 



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