226 NATURAL HISTORY OF 



was very fond of sugar moistened, and the juice of 

 raspberries."* 



The second primary section of the order Cole- 

 optera, as established on the number of joints in 

 the tarsi, includes all the kinds which have five ar- 

 ticulations in the first four tarsi, and four in the 

 hindmost pair ; it is named 



HETEROMERA.f 



As an example of this section, we shall first 

 mention the genus Horia, of which the characters 

 are so distinct that it forms a tribe by itself. It 

 is easily known by the structure of the claws, which 

 are deeply serrated on the under side, and each of 

 them accompanied by a long narrow ap- 

 pendage, as represented by the adjoining 

 ) figure. The mandibles are strong, and 

 stand out from the head. The palpi are 

 filiform, and the thorax is square. 



* Entomological Magazine, No. C, p. 59. 

 j* From trt^of, different, and ^sgof, a joint. 



