COLEOPTERA. EUOTYLID^. 391 



respects ; with which, indeed, they are associated by our Enghsh en- 

 tomologists, and which have been already described as a portion of the 

 Brachelytra. The family Erotylida? (Clavipalpi Latr.) was evidently 

 considered by Latreille as the connecting link between the Cyclica 

 and the Fungicola^ ; but, from the structure of its pseudotetramerous 

 tarsi, agreeing with those of the Chrysomelidge, it was arranged by 

 him amongst the Tetramera, constituting his seventh and last family 

 of that section. The general structure, as well as the habits, of the 

 Erotylidae are, however, so much more analogous to those of the En- 

 domychidge, that it must be evidently unnatural to force the former 

 amongst the Cyclica; indeed, they ought, perhaps, rather to be re- 

 gai-ded as more strictly Necrophagous; in which case, the Endomy- 

 chidas would, I apprehend, be equally liable to removal, in company 

 with them, since the large securiform palpi seems to be a character 

 of superior value possessed by both groups. 



Adopting, however, the ordinary mode of arrangement of these 

 families, the Pseudotetramera comprises the three following families: 

 — Erotylidas, Endomychida;, and Coccinellidae ; the first forming an 

 exception to the tarsal character of the section. 



Thefirst family, Erotylid.t: * (Clavipalpi Z«fm//e), is distinguished 

 by the pseudotetramerous tarsi (_/V7. 49. l.), and l)y the large, flat- 

 tened, 3-articulate club of the antennae. The body is generally of an 

 oval or hemispherical form, and of a firm and polished consistence, 

 being frequently variegated with yellow or red upon a black ground. 



* BiiiLiooR. Refer, to the Erotylid^i;. 



Duponchel, in Mem. du Jlusue d'llist. Nat. torn. xii. 1825. (Monogr. of Erofylus, 



1 10 species.) 

 Griffith. An. Kingd. (Triplatoma Westw.) 

 Guirin. Icon. 11. An. Ins. pi. 50. 



Guerin and Percheron. Genera des Ins. Col. pi. 17. (Pselaphacus ) 

 Wiedemann. Zool. Mag. vol. ii. (Langnria;, 7 sp) 

 MacLeaij. Ann. Jav. No. 1. 

 Hope, in Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. i. 

 Laporte. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, No. 4. 

 Germur. Insect. Nov. Sp. 



niiger. Magaz. der Entomol. vol. vi. (Euryccrus. ) 

 Th^lnherf|,mTY:^n9,. Stockholm, 1804. (Tnaciis.) 

 Olivier, Fahriciics, Stephens, &,-c. 



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