12 GENERIC SYNOPSIS. | 
PHOSPHUGA Leach. Pettis p. Miill. 2 sp.  Silph. atrata Linn. 
Broadly ovate, margined ; antenne gradually thickened; club 3-jointed ; thorax 
entire in front. Steph. 3. pl. 16. f. 3. 
Family 3. NITIDULIDZ MaclL. (Nitidularie Latr.) 
THYMALUS Latr. Perutis p. Payk. 1 sp. Cass. limbata Fab. Curt. 39. 
Body nearly hemispheric; elytra entire; thorax margined; maxille with a 
corneous hook ; mandibles bifid at the tip; tarsal third joint simple. 
NITIDULA Fab. Sivrna p. Linn. 28 sp. Silph. grisea Linn. Curt. 675. 
Body oval, subdepressed; thorax margined; tibiz compressed ; tarsal fourth 
joint bilobed ; third joint of antenne longer than the fourth. 
STRONGYLUS Herbst. Nirimvura p. Latr. 4sp.  Nitid. strigata Fabr. 
Body oval, subconvex ; sides of thorax not depressed; terminal joint of antenne 
mamillate ; third joint of antenne longer than the fourth. Curt. 339. 
CAMPTA Kirby. Cycuramus p. Kugell. 1 sp. Strong. luteus Hbst. 
Body nearly hemispherical, not margined, tomentose ; third joint of antennz not 
larger than the fourth ; club large; tibie dilated. Hbst. 4. pl. 43. f. 3. 
MELIGETHES Kirby. Laria Scopoli. 15 sp. Nitid. viridescens Fab. 
Body subquadrate, metallic coloured; elytra entire; third joint of antenne as 
long as fourth and fifth united ; tibizw spinulose. Pz. 83. 7. 
PRIA Kirby. Sitewa p. Marsh. 1 sp.  Silph. truncatella Marsh. 
Subdepressed ; elytra convex, subtruncate; club of antenne 4-jointed, serrated, 
sixth and seventh joints with an external process. 
CARPOPHILUS Leach. Dermestes p. Linn. 2 sp. Derm. hemipterus Linn. 
Oblong, ovate, subdepressed ; elytra scarcely covering more than half the abdo- 
men; antenne with the third joint short. Hbst. 5. 34. E. 
CATERETES Herbst. Cercus Latr. 12 sp. Dermest. bipustulatus Payk. 
Ovate, subconvex ; elytra truncate; antenne rather long; club slender. Panz. 
Te Be 
ANISOCERUS Howitt. —————— _1sp. Anis. Spiree How. Steph. 
Ovate, subconvex ; elytra truncate; two basal joints of antennz very large, espe- 
cially in the males. 
BYTURUS Laér. Dermestes p. Fabr. 1 sp. Derm. tomentosus Fab. 
Oblong, ovate, subconvex ; tarsal third joint bilobed ; antenne gradually thickened ; 
Curt. 618. 
MICROPEPLUS Latr. Omatium p. Gyll. 4 sp.  Micr. porcatus Payk. 
Broad, oblong, depressed; elytra truncate, ribbed ; club of antenne solid. Curt. 
204. 
Family 4.4 ENGID4& MacLeay. 
Subfamily 1. Trogosttides Westw. (Trogositide and Engid 
Steph. ). 
IPS Herbst. Sitena p. Linn. 6. sp, Silph. 4-pustulata Linn. Curt. 306. 
Tarsi 5-joimted ; maxille produced into a broad lobe; body oblong, subdepressed ; 
legs short ; tibiae broad, serrated. 
NEMOSOMA Latr. Dermestes p. Linn. 1sp. Derm. elongatus Linn. 
Body very long, slender, cylindric; head as large as thorax; tarsi 4-jointed ; 
maxille produced into a single pilose lobe. Curt. 327. 
TROGOSITA Fabr. Tenezrio p. Linn. 1 sp. Tenebr. mauritanicus Linn. 
Body oblong, ovate, depressed; tarsi 5-jointed; basal joint minute; maxilla pro- 
duced into a single slender lobe. Sturm. D. F. and my jig. 11. 14—21, 
