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MODERN CLASSIFICATION OF INSECTS. 



The seventh family, Salpingid^ * Leach, is of small extent, dis- 

 tinguished by having the head produced in front into a snout, or 

 flattened rostrum {fig- 35. l. Salpingus ruficollis), with the antennae 



Fig. 35. 



(^fig. 35. 2.) inserted at the base and in front of the eyes, which are 

 always entire ; the body is generally oval, or oblong and depressed ; 

 the legs slender. In the typical genus, the mentum is transverse, 

 as well as the labrum (^fig. 36. 2.), which is slightly emarginate in 

 front ; the palpi are filiform and short ; and the maxillge distinctly 

 bilobed {fig' 36. i.). The penultimate joint of the tarsi is bilobed 

 {fig. 35. 3.). The species are of small size, sometimes brightly 

 coloured, and are found either beneath the bark of trees or in 

 flowers. These insects are evidently allied on the one hand to 

 the CEdemeridae, and on the other to the Curculionidse ; indeed, Mr. 

 Stephens has removed them from the Heteromera, and placed them 

 next after the Bruchidge, amonc^st the Tetramera. 



The eighth family, CEdemeridte f Leach, comprises a greater 

 number of species than the preceding family, having the body 



* BiBLioGB. Refer, to the Salpingid^. 

 Clairville. Ent. Helvetique, vol. i. 

 Charpentier. Horae Ent. 

 Guerin. Icon. R. An. 



Chevrolat, in Ann. Soc. Ent. France, vol. ii, (G. Homalorhinus.) 

 FayMill, Gi/llenhal, Marsham, Stephe7is, Curtis, Sec. 



f BiBLioGR. Refer, to the Q^de.aieridve. 

 Schonherr. Syn. Ins. vol. iii. (Nothus. ) 

 Westwood. Zool. Journ. vol. v. 

 And the works of Gyllenhal, Paykull, Stephe7is, Olivier, Panzer, &c. 



