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immense. Of the Cantliaris, the number is small ; 

 the strongest of which is the Cantharis jlavipes F. 

 the descriptions of which vary, so that it may still 

 be doubted whether we have a correct account of it. 

 To show the proportion of the numerous subdivi 

 sions which we observed in the different genera, 

 it will be sufficient to give the numbers of those 

 which we were able to collect during the short 

 period of our stay : these were, Elater, 37 ; Lam- 

 puris, 17; Ateuchus, 14 (including the Ddtaclulum 

 and Euryst ernua) ; Passalus, 13; Anoplognatkidce, 

 14; Helops, (including Stenochia and Statira) 17 ; 

 Curculionidce, 108; Cerambycidce , 101 j Cassida, 24-; 

 Haltica, 26; Doryphora, 12; Colaspis, 15; and 

 Erotylus, 12. The Phanceus, according to Mac Leay, 

 distinguished by the total absence of claws from 

 the feet, is peculiar to the warmer parts of Ame 

 rica : Onthophagus is not met with along the shore, 

 but is found in the interior. Such large Copri* as 

 are seen in the old world, (Isidis, Hamadrias, Buce 

 phalus, ) have not been discovered here : their place 

 is supplied by the large Phancei, Faunus, bellicosus, 

 lancifer, &c. A golden-green Copris is a great 

 rarity. Onitis seems to be quite wanting in Ame 

 rica : all the specimens, in this part of the world, 

 that have been placed in that class, belong partly 

 to the Phan&us, and partly to the EtirystermisDalm. 

 a remarkable species of the genus Ateuchus. 



The Ateuchi are not less numerous in South 



