URODON. 243 



Eyes entire ; legs nearly uniform ; body ovate, widest 

 behind. Galeriicidae. 



2, Posterior femora thickened ; insects with power 

 of leaping. 



Antennae inserted between eyes, usually close together ; 

 anterior coxae placed apart. Halticidae. 



H. Head hidden beneath thorax. 



Antennae short, slightly thickened toward apex ; legs 

 contractile, tibiae without spines, tarsi broad ; body nearly 

 circular or oval, slightly convex above, fiat beneath. 



Cassididae. 



BMUCHIDAE, 



A. Antennae ending in a distinct three-jointed club. 



Head without neck behind ; antennae inserted on sides 

 of rostrum, under a feeble border, near eyes ; pronotum 

 rounded at sides and separated from sides of prothorax by 

 a fine suture placed more or less low ; anterior coxae small, 

 globular, prosternum fiat between them ; tibiae not spined 

 at apex. Urodon, Schoenh. 



J^, Antennae thickened toward apex, sawlike or comblike. 



Head with neck behind; antennae inserted on upper 

 part of rostrum, immediately before eyes ; pronotum 

 sharply bordered at sides ; anterior coxae large, oval or 

 transverse, prosternum arched between them ; posterior 

 coxae narrow, not covering first abdominal segment ; tibiae 

 spined at apex or having their inner angle prominent and 

 acute, Bruchus, Lin. 



Urodon. 



Ovate. Black; antennae and legs red-yellow, hinder 

 pairs of femora black at apex ; closely covered with gray 

 pubescence. L, 1 1. Very rare : Leicester. 



U. 7-ufipes, Fab. 



BrucJitis. 



A, Antennae of male comblike. 



Short ovate. Pitchy- red ; thorax with two united white 

 tubercles at base ; scutellum white ; elytra with rather 

 remote punctured striae, with obscure dark spots at base, 



R 2 



