ORDER COLEOPTERA. 



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oily Anthicid* Hii:'! "i prominent; antenna 



flabellate. Z\ ll< ntz. 



C % 



Fio. W.—BSpicauia cinerea a, end "f Be© rod larval stage; c, <K ooarctate larva 

 of E. vittata; e,f, pupa o£ E. ■ After Riley 



Family Mordellidae. — Antennas filiform; hind coxae laminiform; 

 prothorax much narrowed in front; elytra narrowed behind. 

 d< llii 8-punctata Fabr. 



Family Cephaloidae. 1 1 «:i< 1 prolonged behind and gradually nar- 

 r< wed. ■ epturide* New man. 



Family (Edemeridae. -Middle prominent A 



nu Ian ura Linn. |. 



Family Pythidae. — Antennae free; thorax not margined; <lNk not 

 impressed al base. Pj/tho niger Kirby. 



Family Melandryidae — Antennae free; thorax margined at si 

 disk with basal impn — ions. Melandrya struii - 



Family Monommidae. — Antenna red in gr 



opaeulut I.- 



Family Lagriids Penultimate joint of tar %y beneath. 



Arthromacra a nea Say. 



Family Othniidae Ventral segments fivi . anterii 



small. Othnitu umbrosw Li 



Family Cistelid;v Tarsal flaws pectinate. ' 



Family jEgialitidae. — Ventral segments six, the last two closely 

 un ted, the first two connate. ASgialU Maim. 



Family Tenebrionidae. — Tarsal claws simple; 5 ventral segments, 

 in part connate; antennae usually thickened towards the end; anterior 

 ami middle tarsi 5-jointed; hind tarsi I joint* d, the first joint almost 

 always longer than the Becond; wings often w rhis very 



i stensive family is difficult to diagnose. Th< ire Blender, 



ned, horny, resembling wire-worms, and the last segment of 

 the body often Dears two spines. Thelarvaof T* Linn.. 



the meal-worm, occurs in corn and rye meal, and botli - and 



larvae feed on ship-biscuit. Oth< ra are Helo] 



Blaps, Eleodes, I pis, etc. 



- 'ion Isomera. 

 Phytophaga. 



Thia group is difficult to define, but all 

 on vegetable matter. 



Family Bruchidae. These beetles are "i b lidac with the 



Bubmentum distinctly pedunculate;" front of i ntoa 



