100 INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS. 



Division LONGICORNES. Long-horned Beetles. 



Group 231.— Families LAMIAD^, LEPTURID^, and 

 allies. The group is illustrated by more than 60 exotic 

 species, and by many of the 40 British species. Note 

 the tufted horns in some examples of Lamia. 

 Upper Compartment. 

 Series of Long-horned Beetles, collected in Mada- 

 gascar, and bequeathed to the Museum by 

 W. T. Gerrard. 



Group 232.— Families CERAMBYCID^, PRIONID^, &c. 

 The Family Cerambycida, as established by Linn^us, 

 included most of the Long-horned Beetles, now distri- 

 buted in more than 1,300 genera. British representa- 

 tives of the group, 12 species. 



IT Psalidognathus Friendii, from Columbia. 



Group 238.- -Division RHYNCOPHOEA. pvyxog, a snout ; 

 ipspoo, I carry. Weevil-beetles. The space allotted to 

 exotic forms is occupied by more than 80 species illus- 

 trating the principal types. British species, 500 ; exotic 

 very numerous, distributed in about 900 genera. 



Note the series of Diamond and Gold-patch Beetles, 

 Entimus, Cyphus, Eupholus, &c. 



Group 234.— Divisions STERNOXI and MALACODERMI. 

 Examples of Buprestidce, remarkable for their gorgeous 

 colours ; Skip-jacks and Fire-flies, ElateridcE, in certain 

 species of which spots becoming luminous in the dark 

 may be seen on the hinder angles of the thorax ; the 

 Glow-worm, Lampyris, &c. British species, 200. 



Group 235.— Family CETONIID^ and alHes. Goliath 

 Beetles, Rose-chafers, Cock-chafers, &c. British 



