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form. Last joint of maxillary palps often large, triangular. Penul- 

 timate joint of tarsi bifid. Body mostly narrow, elongate. Elytra 

 loften soft and flexible, in many posteriorly acuminate. 



A) Antennae short, nearly equalling half the body. Claws of 

 tarsi bifid. 



Sub-genus Nothus ZIEGLEE, OLIV. 



Comp. OLIVIER Encyclop. meth., Hist. nat. Ins. Tom. Vin. pp. 383, 385. 



B) Antennce elongate (almost of the length of body). Claws of 

 tarsi entire. 



Sub-genera : Calopus FABK., Sparedrus MEGERLE, Dytilus FISCH., 

 Nacerdes STEVEN, (Edemera OLIV. (Species of Necydalis L., FABB., 

 Dryops FABR.) 



Sp. CEdemera sanguinicollis, Necydalis sanguinicollis FABB., PANZER 

 Deutschl. Ins. Heft -24, Tab. 18, named Necyd. flamcollis ; CEdem. notata, 

 Necydalis notata FABB., Nacerdes notata STEV., DEJ., &c. 



Calopus serraticornis FABB., Ceranibyx serraticornls L. ; DUMEB. Cons, 

 gin. s. 1. Ins. PI. 12, fig. 4, GUEEIN Iconogr., Ins. PI. 33, fig. 5, PANZEB 

 Deutschl. Ins. Heft 3, Tab. 15 ; habitat north of Europe. 



Comp. OLIVIEB Encycl. meth. 1. 1. pp. 437 450, and W. SCHMIDT 

 Revision der europaischen (Edemeriden ; Linncea entomologica I. 1846, 

 pp. i 146, where also some new genera are proposed. 



Phalanx III. Serropalpides LATE. (Melandryadce LEACH). 

 Head not produced into a rostrum. Mandibles emarginate or bifid 

 at the extremity. Posterior femora not incrassated. Claws of tarsi 

 simple. Penultimate joint of tarsi mostly bilobed. Maxillary palps 

 often serrate, with last joint large, securiform. 



Serropalpus HELLENIUS, PAYK. 

 Melandrya FABR. 



Sp. Melandrya serrata FABB., Chrysomela caraboides L., PANZEB Deutschl. 

 Ins. Heft 9, Tab. 3, Cuv. R. Ani. ed. ill., 1m. PL 53, fig. i, DUMEBIL 

 Cons. gin. s. 1. Ins. PI. 12, fig. 2 ? 



Dirccea FABR. 



Add genera Conopalpus GYLL., Hypulus PAYK., Hallomenus 

 PAYK., and some others. 



Phalanx IV. Cistelides LATR. (Cistelidce KIRBY, WESTW., 

 Xystropides SOLIER). Head scarcely or not at all produced into a 



