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TRIBE II. CISTELIDES. 



Mandibles terminated in a simple point ; last joint of the tarsi 

 hooked, and the penult joint sometimes bilobed. 



This tribe is composed of the following genera : 

 Gen. MYCETOCHARA (Mycetophtta, Gyll.); ALLECULA, and CISTELA. 



Gen. CISTELA, Lat. Chrysomela, Lin. 



Tarsi filiform, with all the joints simple ; five joints in the four 

 anterior ; four in the posterior ; body elongated, slightly con- 

 vex ; elytra coriaceous ; antennae filiform, the length of half 

 the body, composed of eleven joints ; head distinct, narrower 

 than the thorax, 



C. ceramboides, Lat. Antennae serrated ; body black, yellowish and 

 downy above ; elytra yellowish red, striated. Inhabits Europe, 

 in woods. Lat. Gen. ii. 226. 



TRIBE III. SECURIPALPI. 



Penult joint of the four anterior tarsi bilobed and conical ; max- 

 illary palpi terminated by a dolabriform or cultriform serrat- 

 ed joint ; body oblong, with the head much inclined ; thorax 

 as broad as the elytra ; antennae generally short. 

 Gen. MELANDRYA, CONOPALPUS, DIRC^EA, HYPULUS, SERROPALPUS, 

 and NOTHUS. 



The insects of this tribe inhabit woods, and the greater part conceal themselves 

 under the bark of trees. 



Gen. MELANDRYA, Fab. Lat. Chrysomela, Lin. 

 Antennae filiform, the length of the head and thorax, or a little 

 shorter, of eleven joints, of which the second is the smallest, 

 and the last oval; labrum membranous, entire, or slightly 

 notched, rounded laterally ; mandibles corneous, short, point- 

 ed ; four palpi, the maxillaries longest, of four joints, the last 

 the largest ; body oval; last joint of the tarsi bifid. 



M. caraboides, Lat. Shining black, dotted, pubescent, with the 

 elytra bluish, very finely granulated, and with elevated lines ; 

 thorax depressed in the middle, with an impression on each side 

 posteriorly ; extremities of the tarsi and antennae reddish. ^ inch 

 long. Inhabits Europe. Lat. Gen. ii. 191. 



TRIBE IV. (EDEMERITES. 



Mandibles bifid ; penult joint of all the tarsi bilobed, and the 

 last joint of the maxillary palpi large and triangular ; anten- 

 nae filiform or setaceous, inserted near the eyes, generally elon- 

 gated, and sometimes serrated ; body narrow, elongated, with 

 the thorax cylindrical ; elytra often flexible. 

 Gen. CALOPUS, SPAREDRA, DITYLTJS and (EDEMERA. 



Gen. (EDEMERA, Lat. Cantharis, Necydalis, Lin. 

 Body narrow and elongated ; antennae filiform, composed of 



