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the family LongieornesJ and among the characters given of this family 

 we find, " le dessous des trois premiers articles des tarses garni de 

 " brosses, les second et troisifeme en ccEur, le quatrieme profondement 

 " bilobe,* et un petit renflement ou nodule, simulant im article, a I'ori- 

 '• gine du dernier ;" with the following note upon this last character, 

 " Les parandres ressemblent parfaitement, sous ce rapport, aux longi- 

 " comes, et si Ton considerait ce petit noeud comme un veritable article, 

 " non seulemeni cette famille, mais la suivante, appartiendraient a la sec- 

 " tion des pentameres. II peut bien representer le quatribme article de 

 " ceux-ci; mais, altendu qu'il n'a point demouvement propre, il est cense 

 " faire partie du suivant." The characters of the family also include 

 " La languette (labium), portee par un menton court et transversal, est 

 " ordinairement membraneuse en forme de coeur, echancree ou bifide, 

 " cornee et en segment de cercle tres court et transversal dans d'autres 

 " (Parandrie)". 



In the characters which he has given of the genus, after pointing out 

 the resemblances between it and the Prionii, we notice the following 

 distinguishing characters, " Languette cornee, en forme de segment de 

 " cercle tres court, transversal, sans echancrure ni lobes," and " Tarses, 

 " dont le penultieme article leg^rement bilobe, et dont le dernier, nota- 

 " blement plus long que les precedents pris ensemble, offre, entre ses 

 *' crochets, un petit appendice, avec deux soies au bout."f 



This last character is an interesting one, since it is also found consi- 

 derably developed in the Lucanidcc. It may also be observed in a very 

 minute state in Cucujus depressus, and in Spondylis buprestoides (which 

 Latreille has overlooked, Regne Animal, Vol. V. p. 106, &c.) but not in 

 Prionus coriarius, although there is a very minute rudimentary lobe 

 between its claws. But there are other characters than those noticed as 

 above by Lati-eille, either separating this genus from the Prionida, or 

 shewing its approach to the Lucanide. The body is smooth and polished, 

 the first three joints of the tarsi are cylindric, and not clothed beneath 

 with " brosses," having only a few hairs scattered over them (Tab. Supp. 



* Latreille has here evidently fallen into an error, the first and second joint* 

 being " en coeur," and the third " profondement bilobe." 

 t Sec Note E. 



