30 GENERIC SYNOPSIS. 
forming a club; head in the males often tubercular; mandibles bidentate ; 
maxillary palpi with the last joint large and oval. 
Family 10. SCYDMZNIDZ Steph. 
SCYDMZENUS Latr. Anrtuicus p. Fab. 16 sp. Sc. Hellwigit Latr. 
Elytra separated; antenne thickened at the tips; the basal joints but little 
thicker and Jonger than the rest. Denny, Mong. pl. 11. 
Sect. II. Hereromera Latreille. 
Tribe 1. Trachelia Westw. 
Family 1. NOTOXIDZ Steph. 
NOTOXUS Jil. Metor p. Linn. 2 sp. Not. monoceros Linn. 
Thorax produced over the head into a horn; neck distinct. Steph. pl. 25. f. 5. 
ANTHICUS Fab. Metoep. Linn. 8 sp. A. antherinus Linn, Panz. 11. 14. 
Thorax not cornuted in front ; neck distinct. 
Family 2. PYROCHROIDZ Leach. 
PYROCHROA fab. Canruanis p. Linn. 2 sp. Ca. coccinea Linn. Curt. 590. 
Antenne rather longer than the head and thorax, pectinated in g ; eyes ¢ distant. 
Family 3. LAGRIIDZ Westw. (Lagriarie Latr.) 
LAGRIA Fab. Curysometa p. Linn. 1sp. Ch. hirta Linn. Curt. 598. 
Thorax cylindric, much narrower than the elytra; ¢ antennz with the last joint long. 
Family 4. HORIID Westw. (Horiales Lair.) 
There is no British species of this family. 
Family 5. MORDELIID Leach. (Mordella Linn. ). 
MORDELLA Linn. 9sp. M. aculeata Linn. Curt. 483. 
Abdomen styliferous; scutellum distinct ; tarsi simple. 
ANASPIS Geoff. Morvetra p. Linn. 18 sp. M. frontalis Linn. Pz. 13. 13. 
Abdomen not styliferous ; scutellum distinct; penultimate joint of anterior 
tarsi bilobed. 
RIPIPHORUS Fab. Morpetra p. Linn. 1 sp. M. paradoxus Linn. 
Scutellum hidden; antenne ¢ pectinated. Curt. 19. 

Family 6. CANTHARIDE£ Leach. (Meloe Linn.) 
CANTHARIS Geoff. Lyrra Fab. 1 sp. Mel. vesicatoria Linn. Curt. 658. 
Narrow ; wings two; elytra elongate ; last joint of max. palpi subovate. 
SYBARIS Steph. 1 sp. Syb. immunis Steph. Steph. 5. pl. 25. f. 4. 
Narrow ; elytra elongate ; thorax broadest behind ; last joint of max. palpi 
securiform. 
SITARIS Latr. Necypaus p. Fab. 1 sp. Nec. humeralis Fab. Curt. 340. 
Elytra attenuated, not lapping over each other; wings two; antenne simple. 
MELOE Linn. &c. Proscaranmus Steph. 9 sp. Mel. proscarabeus Linn. 
Wings 0; elytra short, lapping over each other within; antenna various. 
Curt. 279. 
Family 7. SALPINGIDZ Leach. 
SALPINGUS Ill. Ruivosimus Latr. 4 sp. Cur. ruficollis Linn. Pz. 24. 19. 
Oblong-ovate, depressed; rostrum elongate ; club of antenna 5-jointed ; head 
depressed. 

