THE 



ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL. 



April— July, 1827. 



Art. XIV. A Description of some new Genera and Species 

 of Petalocerous Coleoptera. By the Rev. Wm. Kirby, 

 A.M. F.R.S. F.L.S. S,^c. 



Having received from North America since the publication of 

 the Eighth Number of the Zoological Journal, a third and very 

 distinct species of Cremasiocheilus, I beg leave to offer, to the 

 Editors of that Journal, as a continuation of my former paper, a 

 description of it, together with one of some other undescribed 

 Petalocerous beetles. 



Subkingdom Annulosa. M'L. 

 Class Insecta. L. 



Subclass Mandibulata. Clairv. 



Order Coleopteua. L. 



Suborder CiiiLOGNATiiiMoupnitA (*). 



Section LAMELLicoRNana. Lat. 



Subsection PETALOcEuenA. Dumer. 

 Tribe THALEROPHAoinA. M'L. 



Q. (ANTHOBlUnA. M'L. 



Stirps ^XvLOPUiLuna. Latr. 



Family Rutelida:. M'L. 



M'L. 



• I adopt this Suborder for reasons assigned elsewliere. (Introd. to Ent. 

 92), where the above method of denominating groups is proposed. 



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