(iiAi>'ri:K >. 



nHI)i:U I. ((H.LOPTKUA (fontinued). 



TKNTAMKHA. 



DiariNui iBiu.o fiitmnulogists havr iiiadf two grun<i (iivi>i<>ns of ihr i-inlaiiKn'Uit iu^c^ts. 

 Suiiic of tlir fiiuiilirs of thi- flr>t division hnvc Ixi-n notio*-*! : ihc mt, ihI is o<jiially iiii 

 |Mir(Atit with lln'flr*t,mnl a«iniitsof sulHlivision into natiiral i;rou|»or faniili*!' ; liiit Ihrit- 

 it S4>nii- iliviToity of opinion uh<-rr the lines lKiun<iing thcM* fiiniilirs "liull U tlrawii, hiiiI 

 also n-sjKH-ting tin- Ix-st terms for (irsignHting th«ru. 



A plain and coniprrhenslvi* sulMUvisif>n Into groups has lu-<-n made l»y Stij'Iiijui : 1. 

 ihc Ci.AvicoBNW, which nrr rharartcrizixl l>y the antrnnip terndnating in a solid Imll, it 

 a IHTfonitctl one ; '2, the Lamki.i.iouhn»j«. with the antennH* terndnating in a hafy or 

 laniellated nin-s ; ami. :<, the S>.HHit-oHNr.s, having tlie antennn- rinstnictjd s«> that the r 

 whole length is t"">lh.d snnnwliut like a saw. The ri.Avici>B>K.s are dividid into two 

 fiiniilit-s : t)ie flist rontains those ins«rts widrh resend>le the Linnenn d'eniis ItvHBiiLs. 

 having straight rlaviforni antenna", nntl railed the Family HvHHnin.t , I,e«<h Th«' 'co^nd 

 family have also rlaviforni antennR', hut each with a distinrt ellmw or angle. 



The BvHRiiin.r. arc small h«-etUs with short oval convex hodirs,and genenilly piloso or 

 hairy : the elytra cover the IxKly, and the legs can Ik- folded up; when nlarmetl, it Pdds 

 iheni together un«ler its Nwly, and then remains motionless, apixaring like a <«*e«l, until 

 the danger is jMist. In this family the ant< nnir Ixcome gmdiuilly clavate, and the club is 

 not solid. 



The s<'conil family of cluvirornes taki-s its name from the (lenus Histih : hence tin* 

 family name IIisTi.Kin.v.. Leach. In these, the nnlennsr, inslea<l of Ix-ing strnipht, have a 

 sudden or short angle in them, or are saiil to Ix- elliownl. They are >m.ill insects, hanl and 

 shining or highly |Mtli.she«l,anfl UMially Idack : their forms ares* mewhat S(juurr,but still 

 |M»s.scss considernlde convexity ; th<'ir legs arc mor«' or less ilen'a'e, nnd the two hind ones 

 (ire 'et widely niNirt ; the elytra are short, and hence leave a i»<.rll«»n of the uhtlonim 

 exposed. Their ellw. wed antenme. tin ir ixdi-lied snrfnce and «-hort el'Uni, charly distin- 

 guish them fmm the hjrrhidnv 



