COLEOPTERA. CEBRIONID.'E. 



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feeding Toleplioridae, and Lampyridae, with the Elateridae, is satis- 

 factorily established by means of Cebrio, Atopa, and Cyphon. 



Adopting the arrangement of Latreille's earlier works, instead of 

 uniting the Cebrionidaj with the Macrosterni, the Aprosterni may be 

 diviiled into the following families: — Cebrionidte (including the Rhi- 

 piceridae), Cyphonidee, Lampyridae, Telephoridae, Melyridse, Cleridae, 

 and Ptinidffi. Latreille established a third division in the Serricornes, 

 under the name of Xylotrogi, composed of the family Lymexylonidct, 

 which family Dejean united with the Ptinidae under the name of 

 Teredyles. I shall, however, provisionally regard the Lymexylonidae 

 as a family referable to the Aprosterni, to which division the families 

 of Bostrichidae and Scydmaenidae, from their apparent connection with 

 the Ptinidae, may also be provisionally assigned. 



The 

 several 



first family, Cebrionid;e *, is of small extent, but comprises 

 striking peculiarities of structure. The body is of an oblong 



Fig. 25. 



or oblong-oval form {Jig. 25. 1. Cebrio gigas $ , France), of a firm 

 consistence like the Elateridae, arched above and deflexed in iront ; 



* BiBLioGR. Refer, to the Cebrionid^e. 



Latreille. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1834. 



Leach. Zool. Journal, vol. i. 



Laporte. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1834. 



S. S. Saunders, in Trans. Ent. Soc. London, vol. i. 



Kirbij. Linn. Trans, vol. xii. (llhipicera.) 



Dalman. Anal. Ent. (ditto, Polytomus.) 



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