310 INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. 



I. Antennze pectinated or serrated, short. 



Gen. LAMFROSOMA, CHLAMYS, CLYTHRA. 

 I. Antennae simple. 



Gen. CRYPTOCEPHALUS, EUMOLPUS, CHORAGUS, COLAPSIS, MEGASCE- 

 LIS, PAROPSIS, DORYPHORA, CHRYSOMELA, PRASOCURIS. 



Gen. CHRYSOMELA, Lin. Lat. 



Body more or less oval ; mandibles obtuse, truncated, or termi- 

 nated in a very short point ; head projecting and sloping ; 

 last joints of the antennae almost globular ; maxillary palpi 

 with the last two joints of the same length, and the terminal 

 one ovoid, or cylindrical. 



The Chrysomelae are generally of small size, but generally adorned with brilliant 

 colours, such as scarlet-red, azure-blue, and golden-green. They are found on trees 

 and plants. 



C. sanguinolenta, Lin. Black, with the elytra much dotted and bor- 

 dered with red. 3J lines long. Cuv. Reg. An. iii. 355. 



TRIBE III. GALERUCIT^E. 



Antennae inserted between the eyes, at a little distance from the 

 mouth, and approaching at their base. 



Gen. ADORIUM, GALERUCA, LUPERUS, OCTOGXOTUS, (EDIONYCHUS, (the 

 first two families of Haltica, Illiger;) ALTISA, (the third, fourth, fifth, and 

 sixth families ;) LONGJTARSUS, (the seventh;) ALTITARSUS, (the eighth ;> 



PSYLLIODES. 



Gen. GALERUCA, Fab. Lat. Chrysomela, Lin. 

 Body oval-oblong, with two membranous folded wings concealed 

 under elytra the size of the abdomen ; head narrower than 

 the thorax ; antennae filiform, half as long as the body, with 

 the joints in form of a reversed cone ; jaws bifid ; palpi fili- 

 form, with the last joint of the maxillary ones conical, and as 

 long as the preceding. 



G. tanaceti, Fab. Body shining black ; thorax margined,, unequal, 

 strongly dotted, slightly rough ; elytra a little longer than the 

 abdomen, dotted, without striae. Inhabits Europe, on the Tana- 

 cetum vulgarc Lat. Hist. xi. pi. 93, %. 4. 



FAMILY VII. CLAVIPALPI. 



Tarsi with the first joints furnished with brushes, and the last 

 joint bifid ; antennae terminating in an ovate perforated club ; 

 jaws armed interiorly with a horny tooth ; palpi terminated 

 by a larger joint ; body orbicular or oval. 



The body in this family is generally of a rounded or oval form, often gibbous, 

 with the antennae shorter than the body, the mandibles notched or dentated at their 

 extremity, and the palpi terminated by a larger joint. The last joint of the max- 

 illary palpi is very large, compressed, almost crescent-shaped. The indigenous spe- 

 cies are found in the Boleti which grow on trees, or under the bark. 

 Gen. EKOTYMJS, TRIPLAX, TRITOMA, LANGURIA. 



Gen. EROTYLUS, Lat. Fab. Chrysomela, Lin. 

 Intermediate joints of the antennae almost cylindrical, and the 



