132 SERRICORNIA, [ Telephoride. 
TELEPHORIDZ. 
According to the Munich eatalogue this family contains thirty-six 
genera and rather more than six ‘hundred species, which are very 
widely distributed both in tropical and temperate countries, although 
they appear to be more characteristic of the latter than of the former ; 
a very fair proportion of the species occur in Europe, and the family i is 
well represented in Britain; the number of genera and species has 
recently been much increased by the researches of the Rev. H. S. 
Gorham and others. 
The family is characterized by having the antenne as a rule filiform 
and simple, rarely serrate, and the trochanters applied to the femora; 
the edges of the thorax are often plicate or excised; in the exotic 
genera this character is in many instances extraordinarily marked ; 
the abdomen is soft and composed of six or seven segments, the seg- 
ments being often divided or excised; the claws are either simple or 
bifid, and are often armed with a tooth at base ; the legs as a rule are 
long and slender, with the posterior femora projecting far beyond the 
edges of the elytra. 
The British genera may be divided as follows:— 
I. Elytra completely or almost completely covering 
Bete 
. Sides of thorax excised before base in male; an- 
anon Senate) sale) os aie See O LOTS. arr 
. Sides of thorax entire ; atone filiform. 
es Head constricted at base, forming a neck ; tibial 
spurs obsolete; claws split . . . . . Popasrus, Westw. 
2. Head not constricted at base ; : tibial spurs more 
or less distinct ; claws simple or toothed at base, 
rarely appearing to be split. 
A. Both the tarsal claws on all the feet with a 
thorn-like tooth at base, tooth on the anterior 
claw larger in the female . . - ANCISTRONYCHA, Maerkel. 
B. Outer tarsal claw on all the feet with a more 
or less tooth-like enlargement at base . . . TELEPHORUS, Schaeff. 
C. All the claws in both sexes with a tooth 
which being thin, and as long as the claws 
themselves, causes the latter to appear split . Ruagonyoa#A, Esch. 
II. Elytra abbreviated ; body very soft and fragile. 
i. Mandibles with a tooth on their inner margin ; 
antenne inserted at some distance from eyes ; head 
a thorax rugosely punctured . . Matruines, Lar, 
. Mandibles without tooth ; antennz inser ted 1 nearer 
“4 eyes ; head and thorax almost smooth, or finely 
punctured. . 2 e+ + + ee ee © + « MattHopEs, Kies. 
SILIS, Latreille. 
This genus contains a considerable number of species, which range 
from Siberia to Brazil ; only twenty-four are enumer ated in the Munieh 
