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applied to them, for the reason that the beetles of this division are more 

 readily and strongly distinguished by another character, namely, the 

 remarkable shortness of their wing-covers, expressed by the Greek 

 term brachelytra, by which they are generally designated, or the corres- 

 ponding Latin word hrevipennes^ which is sometimes, but less commonly 

 used. 



SYNOPSIS OF THE PENTAIVIEROUS COLEOPTERA. 



SiTB-SEC. I. Fill comes. Antennse filiform. Habits predaceous. 

 Tribe 1. Predaceous ground beetles. {Carnivora terrestria.\ 

 Geodephaga, MacLeay. 

 Families : Cicindelidte ; Carabidse. 

 Tribe 2. Predaceous water beetles. [Carnivora aquatwa.) Hydra- 

 DEPHAGA, MacLeay. 



Families : Dytiscidfe ; Gyrinidte. 



SuB-SEO. II. Glavicornes. Antennae club-shaped. Habits mostly 

 putrivorous. 

 Tribe 3. Water scavengers. [Putrivora aquatica.) Philhy- 

 DRiDA, MacLeay. 

 Families : Parnidae ; Hydrophilidae. 

 Tribe 4. Land scavengers. {Putrivora terresfria.) Necro 

 PHAGA partly, Latreille. 



Families : Silphidae ; Scaphidiidae ; Histeridae ; Nitildididae ; 

 Dermestidae; Mycetopliagidae ; Cryptophagidie ; Byrrhidae; 

 AnisotomidiB ; Phalacrid* ; Trichopterygidj© ; Scydmeni- 

 div ; Trogositidae ; Cucujidae ; Colydiidte ; Lathridiidae. 



Sub-sec. III. MonUicornes. Antennae more or less moniliformor 

 bead-like ; wing covers very short. Habits putrivorous. 

 Tribe 5. Short-winged scavengers. {Putrivora hrcvipennata.) 

 Brachelytra, Latreille. 

 Families : StaphylinidiT? ; Pselaphidii?.' 



Sub-sec. IV. Pectinicomen. Antennae pectinate or comb-toothed. 

 Tribe 6. Stag beetles- 

 Family : Lucanidae. 



Sub-sec. V. Lamellicorncs. Antennae lamellate. Food-habits 

 different in the two tribes. 

 Tribe 7. Lamellicorn dung-beetles. {Excremcntivora honellieor- 

 nia.) Saprophaga, MacLeay. 



Fanulies : Copridiij ; Aphodiid;r ; Geotrnpid.v ; TrogidiT^. 

 Tribe 8. Lamellicorn leaf-beetles. {Ilerhivora lameUieornia.) 

 Thalerophaga, MacLeay. 

 Families : Dynastidae -, Eutelidae ; Melolonthidae ; Cetoniidae. 



