INSECTS. 
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joint bilid; antennae ending in an oval perforated club; jaws 
with an anterior horny tooth; palpi terminated by a joint of in¬ 
creased size ; body orbicular or oval. 
Genus EROTYLUS.— Latreille. 
Generic Character. —The antennae having nearly cylindrical 
intermediate joints, the last one with an oblong club ; interior 
and front of the jaws with teeth ; body gibbous, ovate; penult 
joint of the tarsi bilobate. 
Erotylus yiganteus. — The Gigantic Erotylus. 
Plate XCVIII. fig-. 4. 
Black, the elytra spotted with deep orange-red. Inhabits 
India. 
Section IV.—Trimera. 
Ail the tarsi provided with three joints ; the antennoe thickest 
at their extremity, or claviform ; with a hemispherical or oval 
body. 
TRIBE I.-APHIDIPHAGI. 
Tarsi two hooked, the first joint distinct; elytra covering the 
abdomen wholly, and not truncated; antennae shorter than the 
thorax, with a club-shaped termination, or in the form of a re¬ 
versed triangle; maxillary palpi with a very large dolabriform 
terminal joint; body hemispherical; thorax short, nearly luni- 
form. 
Genus COCCINELLA.— Linnceus. 
Generic Character .—Body hemispherical; elytra convex, co¬ 
riaceous, beneath which are two membranaceous folded wings; 
with a convex thorax, which is narrower than the elytra; head 
small, and placed in a groove or cavity ; antennae eleven-jointed, 
short, the first large, and the others granulated, the last three 
slightly clavate; mandibles short, with two horny ciliated jaws. 
Coccinella 14 guttata. — The Fourteen-Spot Coccinei.la. 
Plate XCVIII. fig. 18. 
Orange, with fourteen white spots. Inhabits Britain. 
