KKV TO 1 \MIM):S OW (!l,AVI('(tlC\IA. 



24f 



hi:. Iliiid <<ix:i' st'p;ir:it(Ml. 



/. Firsi vcnir.il sc-inciit rloii.L'iKcd ; fonn I'l.m^Mto, sloiulor ; 



;llltcini;ll < lull l\\n-J(iillU'(l. 



SiililMinily (XLlVl. L\i<-liini\ p. MM. 



//. All I 111' ventral st'.mnciils sultcMiual. 



/„. Mid, lie roxal cavilics n.il rldscd cii the niilcr side by the 



iiHH'liim- of lln' lucsu- and nu'lastcrna ; I'onu V(M\v do- 



prcssi'd ; antenna' sonictinics clubbed but more (il'ten 



witb the outer Joints scarcely tbickened. 



I'\annl.\- XXI. ( "ii i .1 mi:, p. r,r,u. 

 tniii. Middle coxal cavities closed by tbe sterna; prosbanuni 

 pi-dlon-ed. nieetiui;- tbe niesosteruuni. 

 //. Front coxal cavities open tieliind: antenna' with their 

 lernnnal Joints distinctly enlarged; surface pubes- 

 cent and densely punctate; I'orni oval or elon.^ate- 

 oval; l(Mi,^th less than 4 nnu. 



Fannly XXII. Citvi'ioi'ii.vciD.K. p. -"'■>'•>■ 

 III,. Front coxal cavities closed belaud; all the tarsi dis- 

 tinctly five-jointed. 



(iroup (XVIIl ). nuriK'^. p. "'-11. 

 //. Hind coxal plates grooved to receive the thighs; prosteruuni 

 prolonged behind and titting into a notch of mesosternuni ; 

 antenna' with a three-Jointed club; length less than ". nun. 



Oeims (XXXVIII). 'riirosciis. \>. 77.".. 

 /('. Friuit coxa' transverse. 



o. Hind coxa' tlat, not grooved. 

 //. Auteiuia' straight. 



f/. Tarsi more or less dilated, first Joint not short, the tourtli 

 smaller than any ot the others; anteinia' with a tlu'w- 

 Jointed club; elytra usually shorter than the alxloinen. 

 the latter with live segments visible beneath; color rare- 

 ly wholly black. FamilyXXVl. Xirim i.in.K. p. bl'S. 

 (III. Tarsi slender, the first Joint short. 



/•. All the tarsi with five Joints, the first or bas.-il Joint very 

 short; form elongate, usually depressed; length .". or 



more mm. 



Family XXVIII. Tuooosttid.k, \>. dtU. 



n: All the tarsi witb Joints 1 to 4 short; hind tarsi with 



but four Joints; form convex; length less than 3 mm. 



Fannly (XLVIII). Si'iiiNDin.K. p. 901. 



III,. Anteinia' elbowed ami with a short compact club; tibia' 



usually all dilated; elytra usually truncate and shorter 



than abdomen; form short, compact; black, rarely bi- 



e,,i„red. Fannly XXV. IIisterid.e, p. 598. 



00. Hind coxa- grooved to receive the thighs in repose; body 



rounded or oval, convex; legs retractile. 



Family XXXI. r.vKiniin.K. p. 071. 

 an. Ventral s.'gments 1 to :; tirmly united (not movabl.'.. the others free 

 and movable: all the tarsi tive-Jointed. 



