60 Mr. C. J. Grahan — Notes on Cleridse. 



du Val, who, in the ' Genera des Coleopteres d'Europe, 1 

 has given a correct description and figure of the tarsi in 

 Tarsostenus, and proposed that this genus, having no lateral 

 Carina to the prothorax, should constitute a new group 

 intermediate between the Clerinse and the Enopliina\ It is 

 remarkable that this correction and this new view in regard 

 to the position of Tarsostenus should have escaped the 

 notice of almost every subsequent worker on the Cleridae. 

 Reitter, so far as 1 can find, is the only one of them who 

 seemed to be acquainted with the true structure of the tarsi 

 in Tarsostenus. But he has placed the genus in the group 

 Tillini. There is, however, in my mind no doubt that the 

 true place for Tarsostenus is the subfamily Corynetinse, 

 where it has a very close ally in the genus Paratillus, Gorh. 

 If a sufficient number of specimens of T. univittatus, Rossi, 

 be carefully examiued, there will be seen in most of them a 

 rather smooth shining space, near the base, on each side of 

 the prothorax, and, limiting this space above, a short carina. 

 In Paratillus the structure is practically the same, the 

 carina being only a little more distinct. 



2. Tarsostenodes, Blackb., has the tarsal structure of the 

 Corynetinse, and, although possessing scarcely a trace of a 

 lateral carina on the prothorax, must also, I think, on 

 general grounds be placed in the Corynetinse. 



3. Thanasimorpha, Blackb. — In this genus the prothorax 

 has a short lateral carina as in Paratillus, and the genus 

 seems best placed between Paratillus and Thriocera. 



4. Mathesis, Waterh. — This genus is so closely related to 

 Phymatophaea, Pasc., that it can hardly be maintained as 

 distinct. The type species, M. quadriguttata, Waterh., has, 

 in fact, been subsequently described by Sharp as a species of 

 Phymatophcea, viz. P. hilaris, Sharp ; and a second very 

 nearly allied species, P. violacea, Broun (nee Fab.), has also 

 been referred to Phymatophcea. 



Subfamily Clerinje. 



The Group Tillini. — The distinctive character of this group 

 rests upon the fact that the first joint of the tarsi is normally 

 placed, so that all five joints are distinctly visible from 

 above. In nearly all the genera of this group the acetabula 

 of the front coxae are closed behind, the closure being 

 effected chiefly by the prolongation inwards of the epimeral 

 lobes of the prothorax. These lobes meet or almost meet 

 together in the middle line. But in Callimerus, Gorh., one 



