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XXI. A Sketch of the Characters of the Stirpes 

 and Genera of the Family Histeridea. 



HISTERIDEA. 



HiSTER. Linn., Fabr., Latr., ^c. 



HisTEROiDES. GylL, Payk. 



Antennce gGuiQwXdJiddy clava 3-articulata subsolida terminata. 



Elytra abdomine breviora, margine lateral! inflexa. 



Tarsi contractiles 5-articulati. 



Synopsis Stirpium et Generum. 



Stirps 1. Corpus crassum subgloboso-quadratum. Tibias 

 angustas elongate : tarsi elongati graciles. 

 Sternum simplex. 

 AntenncB articulo 1 mediocriter elon- Genera. 



gato ; articulis 2 et 3 sub- 



cylindricis; hoc prascedente 



angustiore ; articulo 4 bre- 



vi; articulis 5, 6 et 7 sub- 



globosis subsequalibus ; 8 



lenticulari-subgloboso ; 9, 



10 et 11 clavam brevi- 



ovatam efformantibus 1. Abr^US. 



AntenncE articulo 1 longo ; articulo 2 



cylindrico basi abrupte co- 



arctato; 3 obconico; 4 et 



5 breviter obconicis ; 6 et 7 



brevibus subglobosis ; 8 



sublenticulari ; 9, 10 et 11 

 clavam ovatam efformanti- 

 bus - - . 



- 2. Onthophilus. 



