372 1NSECTA. 



The remaining genera of this tribe are P/taleria, Hypophlaus, Telralmna, 

 Eledona, \c. 



Our second tribe of the Taxicornes, the COSSYPHENES, consists of insects 

 analogous in form to the Pelth of Fabricius, and to several Nitidulae and 

 < 'assula.': it is ovoid or sub-hemispherical, and overlapped in its contour by the 

 dilated or flattened sides of the thorax and elytra; the head is sometimes 

 wholly concealed under the thorax, and at others received into an anterior emar- 

 gination of the same part. The last joint of the maxillary palpi is larger 

 than the preceding ones, and securiform. 



This tribe is composed of the genus 



COSSYPHUSJ Olivier, Fabricius, 



Some of which have a flat body, of a solid consistence, in the form of a shield, 

 and antenna> terminated by a club composed of four or five joints; they are 

 peculiar to the eastern Continent and to New Holland. Such are those which 

 form the 



COSSYPHUS, Olivier, Fabricius, 



Or Cossyphus properly so called, where the almost semicircular thorax pre- 

 sents no anterior emargination, and entirely conceals the head; where the 

 antenna' are short, and terminate abruptly in an oval mass of four joints, most 

 of which are transversal; the second of the whole number and the following 

 ones are almost identical. 



These insects inhabit the East Indies, southern part of Europe, and north 

 of Africa. 



FAMILY III. 



STENELYTRA*, 



THE third family of heteromerous Coleoptera only differs from the second 

 in the antennae, which are neither granose nor perfoliate, and whose extremity, 

 in the greater number, is not thickened. The body is most frequently oblong, 

 and arcuated above, and the legs are elongated as in many other insects. With 

 the exception of their antennae and size, the males resemble the females. 

 These Heteromera are usually much more agile than the preceding ones; 

 several conceal themselves under the bark of old trees, while most of the 

 others are found on leaves and flowers. 



In some, the antennae are approximated to the eyes, and the head is not 

 prolonged in the manner of a proboscis, but terminated at most by a very 

 short snout They will form our four first tribes. 



* Compressed vring caws. 



