Orcl. I. Sect. II. Heteromera. i43 



Tarsl omnes arliculls Indivl- 

 sls, unguibus aplcc blfidls. Ca- 

 put cordatum, thorace latlus, 

 valde Inflexum aut suhperpen- 

 dicularc ; antennls submonili- 

 formibus aut articulis cyllndrl- 

 cls ; oculis quandoque eniargl- 

 natls. Tborax parvus, subqua- 

 dratus , antlce plerisque suban- 

 guslalo-rotundalus. Eljtra illis 

 flexibilia, sublnllexa, angnsla, 

 elongata ; his abdomine bre- 

 vlora, postice ad suluram diva- 

 ricota. Abdomen sa-pe mollius- 

 culum. 



FAMILIA XXVr. 



C A N T H A U I D I ,E. 



Cantharidies. 



-"J^rsi raviltorum articulo pe- '^ 

 nultimo l)ifido, unguibus om- 

 nlum indivisls aut slmpliclter 

 denliculalis. Corpus ilUs subli- 

 iieare, rectum •, anteiinis longis; 

 tborace subseque lato, su])qua- 

 drato ; el\ Iris llexibilibus , an- 

 guslls, iu multis subulalis. Cor- 

 pus /lis subovale aut subovalum ; 

 caplte modo slmpliciter promi- 

 nulo (el lunc anlenna? elongalae, 

 palpi longitudlne non valde dl- 

 versi ; tborace sarpius transverso- 

 quadralo aut trapeziformi; dorso 

 arcuato ) modo antlce anguslo 

 rostrato. 



FAMTLIA XXVIP. 



C I S T E L E N I -E. 



Cisttlmies. 



