76 FAMILIES OF PETALOCERA WHICH FEED ON 



ment of the geographical proportions of this family. It 

 may nevertheless be observed, that there appear to be 

 many more species within the tropics than there are with- 

 out ; and that the Cetoniidts with a lobate thorax seem, 

 with one or two exceptions only, to be all inhabitants of 

 the new world. 



Fam. VIII. GLAPHYRIDJE. /^^V 



Antennae decem-articulata, ante oculos suh clypei latere 

 insertce; 

 Articulo basilari trigono, pilis longissimis imtructo ; 

 Capitulo triphyllo sapius suhgloboso. 



Labrum exsertum, crustaceum, transverso-qiiadratum, 

 margine aniico recto lineari. 



Mandibulas dilatat<B, corneee, absconditcs, aut saltern vix 

 prominula, latere interno coriaceo vel membranaceo. 



Maxillae processu externa membranaceo aut coriaceo, inter- 

 dum multidentato, sapius elongate et hirsuto, Ce- 

 toniidarum ilium simulante ; processu interno cor- 

 nea dentatO' 



Palpi maxillares hirsuti, articulo ultimo reliquis majori. 



Palpi labiales fere eadem longitudine quam maxillares. 



Mentura hirsutum, subquadratum, tix emarginatum. 



Caput veluti in Cetoniidarumfamilid, clypeo integro, qua- 

 drato, margine reflexo. Oculi clypeo cincti. Cor- 

 pus ovatum, depressum, squamosum vel pilosum, 

 elytris plerumque ad apicem dehiscentibus, abdo- 

 mine brevioribus. Thorax subquadratus aut subor- 

 biculalus; Scutello distincto. Pedes lo77gi,femo- 

 ribus posticis interdum incrassatis ; Tarsi elongati 



