104 INSECTS. 



SUBSECTION II. RHYPOPHAGA (Filth-eaters). 



Antennse more or less clavate. 



Tarsi of male with basal joints usually dilated. 



Habits chiefly scavenger-like. 



I. Philhydrida (Water lovers). 



Hind legs generally formed for paddling. 

 Antennae short and knobbed. 

 Maxillary palpi long. 



II. Necrophaga. 



Legs fitted for running. 



Antennae clubbed or knobbed. 



Ex. Necrophorus (Sexton or Burying Beetles}: 

 tiilpha (Sexton or Burying Beetles). 

 Dermestes (Bacon Beetle, fyc.). 



III. Brachelytra. 



Legs fitted for running. 



Antenna? slightly, if at all, thickened. 



Elytra very short. 



Body long, narrow, and flexible. 



Ex. Goerius (Devil's coachhorse) .j" 

 (PselapTius and Claviger, tarsi three-jointed). 



SUBSECTION III. CORDV LOCERATA (Club 

 horns). 



Antennas with large terminal joints. 



Elytra rather short and square ; club of ant. large, round, perfoliate. 

 f Ant. obliquely truncated. 



