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 215. 



TELEPHORUS CYANEUS. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Telephoridae Leach. 



Malacodermi Lat. 



Type of the Genus Cantharis fusca Linn, 



Telephorus Schcef., DeGeer, OUv., Lat, Leach. — Cantharis Linn., 

 Fab., Payk., Panz., Marsh., GylL. 



Antennce inserted before the eyes on each side the nasus, long, 

 subsetaceous compressed, pubescent, more slender in the male 

 than female ; 1 1-jointed, basal joint the roost robust, 2nd small, 

 ord shorter than the 4th, which is nearly as long as the 1st, the 

 remainder scarcely decreasing in size to the last which is fusi- 

 form conic (6). 



Labrum fleshy, concealed beneath the nasus, somewhat turbinate, 

 notched at the apex (1). 



Mandibles transverse, long, slender, slightly bent and acute, di- 

 lated at the base and externally pilose (2). 

 Maxillm terminated by a membranous, quadrate pubescent lobe, 

 behind which, near the internal margin, is a smaller one. Palpi 

 4-jointed, pilose, basal joint small, 2nd twice as long, subclavate 

 truncate, 3rd shorter ovate, 4th large securiform (3). 

 Mentum membranous quadrate. Labium transverse quadrate, 

 pilose at the margin, divided in the middle, anterior angles trun- 

 cated, from which arise the Palpi, composed of 2 joints, the basal 

 one somewhat cup-shaped, 2nd securiform (4). 

 Males less robust than the females. Head vertical, suborbicular. Nasus 

 horny, subtrigonate notched at the apex (la). Eyes small remote. 

 Thorax suborbicular. Scutellum obtrigonate. Elytra as long as the 

 Abdomen which is soft. Wings ample. Legs rather lo)ig and stout. 

 Tibiae with 2 remote spines at the apex. Tarsi, anterior the shortest, 

 all 5-jointed, submembranous , concave beneath, basal joint the longest, 

 3rd cordate, 4th bilobed, 5 th clavate slender. Claws bent, dilated 

 at the base. Pulvilli none (5, afore leg). 

 Larvae inhabit the earth, and are probably carnivorous. 



Cyaneus Nob. — abdominalis Panz. 84. 5, 



Black shining pubescent. Face, thorax and abdomen rufous 

 ochre, basal joint of antennae of the same colour tipped with 

 black. Palpi and apex of mandibles piceous. Thorax very smooth, 

 anterior margin piceous. Elytra blackish cyaneous, rugose, with 

 3 very obscure lines on each. Claws ochraceous. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



The antennae of the Telephori are not only different in the 

 sexes, but vary slightly in the same species, and sometimes 



