02 CfcASS VIII. ORDER V,. 



SCARABJEUS, (beetle,) antennae or horns clavate* 

 with a fissile tip ; legs generally toothed ; body 

 thick and compact. 



Luc ANUS, (ox -chaffer,) antenna; clavate, with 

 compressed tip, divided into lamellas on the inner 

 side ; jaws stretched forward, exsert and toothed. 



Sec. D. Tarsi with one more joint to each of the 

 four forward ones, than to the two hindmost* 

 Generally four to each forward one. 



TENEBRIO, antennae moniliform with the last 

 joint rounded ; thorax planoconvex, margined : 

 head exsert ; wing-sheath stiffish. 



DIAPERIS, (shield-bug,) head concealed under 

 the corslet or received in a deep excavation in its. 

 forward end ; the sides of the corslet and of the 

 chest project over the body. It is often very flak> 

 oval, and in the form of a shield. 



MELOE, (spanish fly,) antennae moniliform, with 

 the last joint ovate ; thorax roundish ; wing- 

 sheaths soft and flexile ; head inflected. 



MORDELLA, antennae filiform, serrated ; head 

 bent down when disturbed; feelers compressed* 

 clavate, obliquely truncated ; wing-sheaths curv- 

 ing downwards towards the tip ; lamina broad, 

 before the thighs, at the base of the abdomen. 



Sec. E. Tarsus always with four joints. 



BRUCHUS, antennae filiform, gradually thicken- 

 ing ; head retracted and inflected ; thorax attenu- 

 ate in front ; wing-shells truncated, shorter thai%< 

 the abdomen. 



ATTELABUS, head attenuated behind ; antennae 

 thickening towards the tip. 



