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immense. Of the Cantharis, the number is small ; 

 the strongest of which is the Cantharis Jlavipes F. 

 the descriptions of which vary^ so that it may still 

 be doubted whether we have a correct account of it. 

 To show the proportion of the numerous subdivi- 

 sions which we observed in the different genera, 

 it will be sufficient to give the numbers of those 

 which we were able to collect during the short 

 period of our stay : — these were, Elater, 37 ; Lam- 

 pjjris, 17; Ateuchus, 14 (including the Deltachdum 

 and Eurijdernus) ; Passalus, 13; Anoplognathidce, 

 14; Helops, (including Stenochia and Stativa) 17 ; 

 Curculionidce, 108; Cerambycidce , 101 j Cassida, 24; 

 Haltica, 26; Doiyphora, 12; Colaspis, 15; and 

 ErotyhiSf 12. The Pkanceiis, according to Mac Leay, 

 distinguished by the total absence of claws from 

 the feet, is peculiar to the warmer parts of Ame- 

 rica : Onthophagus is not met with along the shore, 

 but is found in the interior. Such large Copria as 

 are seen in the old world, {Isidis^ Hamadrias, Buce- 

 phalus,) hdiwe not been discovered here : their place 

 is supplied by the large Phancei, Faiinus, hellicosus, 

 lancifer, &c. A golden-green Copris is a great 

 rarity. Oiiitis seems to be quite wanting in Ame- 

 rica : all the specimens, in this part of the world, 

 that have been placed in that class, belong partly 

 to the Phanceus, and partly to the Eurysterniis Dalm. 

 a remarkable species of the genus Ateuchus. 



The Ateuchi are not less numerous in South 



