548 CLASS vin. 



Sp. Cardbus auratus L., VOET Coleopt. I. Tab. 36, fig. 29, PANZER Dcvtscht. 

 Ins. Heft 8 r, Tab. 4, STURM D. Fauna, Ins. in. Tab. 55 ; Cardb. granu- 

 latus L. (Cardb. cancellatus FABR.), PANZER Deutschl. Ins. Heft 85, 

 Tab. i, &c. 



Procrustes BONELLI. Labrum trilobate. Labial and external 

 maxillary palps exsert, with last joint securiform. Mandibles 

 strong, denticulate. Mentum with middle process truncated, bifid. 

 Anterior tarsi of male with four first joints dilated, spongy beneath. 

 Elytra connate, wings none. 



Sp. Procrustes coriaceus, Cardb. coriaceus L., PANZER DeutscJd. Ins. Heft 81, 

 Tab. i, STURM D. Fauna, Ins. in. Tab. 54. 



Procerus MEGERLE. 



Tefflus LEACH. (Is this its place ?) 



Cychrus FABR. Labrum deeply bifid. External maxillary 

 and labial palps porrect, with last joint broad, obtrigonal, ex- 

 cavated; internal maxillary palps dilated, cultriform. Mandibles 

 elongate, porrect, denticulate internally. Elytra connate. 



a) Anterior tarsi of male with two or three first joints dilated. 

 Sub-genera : Sphceroderus DEJ., Scaphinotus LATR., DEJ. 

 Compare DEJEAN Spec. gen. d. Col. n. pp. 14 20. 



6) All the tarsi in both sexes simple. 

 Cychrus LATR., DEJ. 



Sp. Cychrus rostratus FABR., Tenebrio restrains L., DUMERIL Cons. gen. 8. I 

 Ins. PI. I, fig. 2, STURM D. Fauna, Ins. in. Tab. 53. 



Damaster KOLLAR. (Characters of Cychrus; but differs by labrurr 

 transverse, only slightly sinuate, mandibles armed at the base witl 

 only a single broad tooth). Body elongate. Elytra posteriori) 

 acuminate, dehiscent at the apex. 



Sp. Damaster blaptoides KOLLAR, Ann. des Wiener Museum, i. pp. 333, 334 

 Tab. 31, fig. i. Habitat Japan, from whence also the Leyden Museuir 

 has received specimens by the traveller V. SIEBOLD. 



Pamborus LATR. 



1 1 Anterior tilice emarginate on the internal side. 

 * Ehjtra not truncated at the apex, rotvndate. 



