CONTENTS OF VOL. I. PART I. 



CHAPTER PAGE. 



I. Introduction 1 



IL History of the Classification of the Linnean 



Scarabcei .13 



III. Nomenclature of the Li7incean Scarabai . . 20 



IV. Natural Affinities which the Linncean Scara- 



ha,i hear to each other 26 



V. Linncsan Genera JLucanus and Hister . . . 30 



VI. Geography of the Linnczan Scarabtei . . 42 



VII. Five Families of Petalocera which live on 



putrid or decomposed vegetable matter V . 50 



VIII. Five Families of Petalocerawhich feed on green 



or living vegetable matter ..... 69 



IX. Concluding Remarks ........ 85 



Appendix 95 



