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form. Last joint of maxillary palps often large, triangular. Penul- 
timate joint of tarsi bifid. Body mostly narrow, elongate. Elytra 
often soft and flexible, in many posteriorly acuminate. 
A) Antenne short, nearly equalling half the body. Claws of 
tarsi bifid. 
Sub-genus WVothus Zrecier, Oxy. 
Comp. Ottvier Encyclop. méth., Hist. nat. Ins. Tom, VIII. pp. 383, 385. 
B) Antenne elongate (almost of the length of body). Claws of 
tarsi entire. 
Sub-genera: Calopus Fazr., Sparedrus Mrcer.e, Dytilus Fiscu., 
| Nacerdes Strven, @demera Oty. (Species of Vecydalis L., Farr. ‘ 
Dryops Fawr.) 
Sp. CEdemera sanguinicollis, Necydalis sanguinicollis Fasr., Panzer 
Deutschl. Ins. Heft 24, Tab. 18, named Necyd. flavicollis ;_Cdem. notata, 
Necydalis notata Fasr., Nacerdes notata Stev., Dés., &e. 
Calopus serraticornis Fapr., Cerambyx serraticornis L. ; Dumér. Cons. 
gén. 8. l. Ins. Pl. 12, fig. 4, Guirin Leonogr., Ins. Pl. 33, fig. 5, PANzER 
Dewtschl. Ins. Heft 3, Tab. 15 ; habitat north of Europe. 
Comp. OLIvIER Encycl. méth. 1.1. PP- 437—450, and W. Scumipr 
Revision der europaischen Cidemeriden ; Linnea entomologica 1. 1846, 
pp. 1—146, where also some new genera are proposed. 
Phalanx HI. Serropalpides Larr. (Melandryade Leacn). 
Head not produced into a rostrum. Mandibles emarginate or bifid 
at the extremity. Posterior femora not incrassated. Claws of tarsi 
simple. Penultimate joint of tarsi mostly bilobed. Maxillary palps 
often serrate, with last joint large, securiform. 
Serropalpus HeLtentus, Payk. 
Melandrya Farr. 
Sp. Melandrya serrata Farr., Chrysomela caraboides L., Panzer Deutsch. 
Ins. Heft 9, Tab. 3, Cuv. R. Ani. éd. ill., Ins. Pl. 53, fig. 1, DuMéRIL 
Cons. gén. s. l. Ins. Pl. 12, fig. 2? 
Dirceea Farr. 
Add genera Conopalpus Gyux., Hypulus Payx., Hallomenus 
Payk., and some others. 
Phalanx IV. Cistelides Late. (Ciéstelide Kirsy, Westw., 
Xystropides Souter). Head scarcely or not at all produced into a 
