342 CLASS INSECTA. 



The other, and the last of the melyrides, have the maxil- 

 lary palpi terminatfid by a larger and hatchet-formed articu- 

 lation. This character, the shortness of the first articulation 

 of the tarsi, and some other considerations, seem to approxi- 

 mate them to the Insects of the following tribe. These are 



Pelocophobus 



Of M. le Comte Dejean, who places them with the tetra- 

 merous Coleoptera.* 



The fourth tribe of the Malacodermi, that of Clerii, de- 

 rived from the principal genus Clerus, is distinguished by 

 the assemblage of the following characters. Two, at least, 

 of their palpi are advanced, and terminate in a knob. The 

 mandibles are denticulated. The penultimate articulation of 

 the tarsi is bilobate, and the first is very short, or hardly 

 visible in many. The antennae are sometimes almost filiform 

 and toothed like a saw, and sometimes terminating in a knob, 

 or thickening insensibly towards the end. The body is 

 usually almost cylindrical, with the head and corslet more 

 narrow than the abdomen, and the eyes emarginate. 



The majority of these insects are found on flowers, the 

 others on the trunks of old trees, or in dry wood. Such of 

 the larvag as have been observed are carnivorous. 



This tribe will comprehend the genus 



Clerus, Geoff. 

 There are some of them whose tarsi, seen at their two faces,. 



* Catalogue of the Collection of the Coleoptera, of M. le Comte Dejean, 

 p. 115, Notoxus Illigeri. Schoenh. Synon. Insect. I. p> 55. 4. 7. a. I shall 

 refer to the same sub-division of the Melyrides, a new sub-genus, which I 

 shall name Diglobicerm. The antennae have but ten distinct articulations, 

 the last two of which are thicker, and globular. It is established on an 

 insect, which was sent to me by M. Lefebure de Cerisy. 



