492 CLASS VIII. 
rostrum. Antenne at the base not obtect by the margin of head. 
Claws of tarsi denticulate. Penultimate joint of tarsi mostly 
entire, in few bilobed. 
The larve live for the most part in hollow trunks of trees. The perfect 
insects are mostly seen on flowers and hedges. Many of them have soft, 
thin elytra. 
Comp. on. this group of beetles SonreR Prodrome de la Famille des 
Xystropides, Ann. de la Soc. Entom. iv. 1835, pp. 229—248. 
a) Maaillary palps with last joint large, securiform. (Mandibles 
often bifid or tridentate at the apex.) 
Mycetochares Later. (Mycetophila GYLLENH., DEJEAN, species 
of Cistela FAsR.). 
Sp. Mycetochares barbata, Melandrya barbata Fasr., Sturm Deutschl. 
Fauna, Ins. 1. Tab. 52, Panzer Deutschl. Ins. Heft 105, Tab. 5. 
Allecula F apr. 
b) Maxillary palps filiform, incrassated towards the apex. 
(Mandibles entire.) 
Cistela ABR. (in part), Cteniopus Souter (and Megischia 
ejusd.). Penultimate joint of tarsi entire. Head protracted before 
the eyes. 
Sp. Cistela sulphurea Fasr., Chrysomela Sulphurea L., PANzER Deutschl. 
Ins. Heft 106, Tab. 8, Cuv. R. Anz. éd. ill., Ins. Pl. 52, fig. 5 ; 4'” long ; 
the whole body, the elytra and feet sulphur-yellow ; black eyes; in the 
middle of summer common on umbellate and other flowers. 
Phalanx V. Helopit Latr. (Helopide STEPHENS, WESTWOOD). 
Head not produced into a rostrum. Antenne inserted before the 
eyes under the exsert margin of head, covered at the base. Claws 
of tarsi entire. Palps with last joint large, truncated. Penultimate 
joint of tarsi mostly entire or not deeply bilobed, 
a) Prosternum not produced posteriorly to form a pointed 
projection. 
* Body elongate, narrow. 
Strongylium Kirsy (with addition of genus Stenochia ejusd.) 
Stenotrachelus LATR. 
