COLKOPTEUA. ^-'7 



1'he Iloplides have the mandibles small, (lf?piessccl, and a];parently divided longitudinally into t-^-o 

 parts; the inner membranous and the oater horny. Tlie extremity is not sensibly toothed; the 

 laiirniii is scarcely visilde ; the maxilUc have rarely only uiinnte teelh ; thu two hind tai'si have gene- 

 riilly ordy one claw. 



D/rrauiay Lcpii'I. &. St:rv., have two ungues, alike, and bifid in all the tarsi ; body polished ; species inhabiting' 

 Bruzil, 



Jloplia, llli;?., lias but a sinp;lo unguis to the bind tarsi ; those of the other feet are unequal and bifid ; the hind 

 tibise are terminated by a coronet of miuute spines; the body squamose. [Hopl/a argc/ifea,OViv. JI. pidvcru- 

 h-nUi is the only British species.] 



Monocheh's, 1111°;., differs from Ijojilia iu tlie clypeus being iu form of a triangle, tiancated in front ; thighs of 

 hind legs very robust ; tibi;e short, with a strong curved sjuir. 



The iifth section, Anthohii, is composed of species closely allied to the Iloplides', but having the two 

 divisions of the lower lip produced considerably Ijcyont] the nientum, and the elytra gaping at the tips, 

 which are rounded ; the antenna? have nine or ten joints ; the last tliree compose the club ; the ter- 

 minal lobe of the niaxilke is membranous, silkv, and pencil-like, Init leatliery in others ; the upper li]t 

 and mandibles arc ninre or less solid as they aie more or less exposed. These insects live upon 

 flowers or leaves. [None of these insects arc found in England ; they chielly inliabit the southern 

 ])arts of Europe and the warm parts of both hemispheres.] 



Some have the labruui and mandibles exserted, and two equal and entire claws in ;ill the tarsi. 



G/aj>/ii/ri(.s, Latr. (having the inner edge of the mandibles toothed, the club of the antennie ovoid, and the bind 

 legs large), and 



yimj)/iiroma, Latr. (having the mandibles withcud. teeth on the inner eilge, and tlie club of Hie autenn.T globular, 

 am! ail the legs of ordinary size), have the basal joint of the club of the antenn?e concave, and inclo.sirig the otliurs. 



Anlliipiia, Esch., has tlie club of the antenuEC composed of five leallets. 



The others have the labrum and mandibles covered or not exserted, and some at least of the ungues of. the taisi 

 are bilid, and in some of these all the tarsi have two ungues. 



Ch asmutopterus, Dej. (having all the tarsal ungues bifid), and 



Chasme, Lepel. & Serv. (liaving the larger unguis alone of the two posterior tarsi bifid), have the hind legs 

 scarcely difl'ering from the others, whilst in 



JJic/ielea, Lepel. & Serv., the hind feet, at least in the males, have the tliiglisvery tliick am! tootlied ; the tibi;c 

 thick, and terminated by a strong claw. 



Those which have but one unguis in the two posterior tarsi are Le/>ifri.r, Lepel. and Serv., having nine joints in 

 the autennffi, and the terminal lobe of the maxilla^ very small— /VM'/c-j^cw?!'^, Lepiel. & Serv. (with 10-jointed 

 antennae, the maxillary lobe long and narrow, and tlie elytra narrowed beliind), and Aiiiso»)/r, Latr., having the 

 elytra oblong-, rounded behind, with the bind tiiiiie subcyUndric or elongate-conic. 



The sixtli and last section (if the Scaraba'ides {Mi.-litopJiUi) is composed of insects liaving the body 

 depressed, often of an oval form, brilliant, without horns, the thorax trapeziform or nearly orbicular; 

 an axillary piece occupies in the majnrity the space between the posterior angles of the thorax and 

 the siioulders of the elytra ; the anus is not covered ; the sternum is often prolonged into a point or 

 advanced horn ; the claws of the tarsi are equal and simple; the antennEe have ten joints, the last 

 three of which form the club, always leafed. The labrum and mandibles are concealed, and in the 

 furm of flattened plates, entirely or partly membranous ; the maxilla: are terminated by a hairy lobe 

 like a brush, witliout horny teeth ; the mentum is ordiiiardy ovoid, truncated abiive or nearly square, 

 with the middle of the u[iper edge more or less concave. The larva? live in old rotten wood : the 

 ]ierfcct insect is found upon flowers, as well as on the trunks of trees, in places where the sap 

 exudes, and which they greedily lap up. 



This section is divisible into three principal divisions, wdiieh correspond to the genera 7'r/c//n/.s', 

 Fabr. ; Goliatltus, Lamarck ; and Cetonia, Fabr., in its restricted state. The MelUoj^hili of the two first 

 divisions have not the sternum much porreetcd, and the lateral or axillary piece of the mesosternum 

 {Epimera, And.) is not generally exposed above. Another character, which appears still more rigorous, 

 consists in the labial palpi being inserted in lateral cavities on the anterior face of the meutum, the 

 sides of the mentum extending behind them, and thus guarding them. 



The Trichides have the mentum either nearly isometrical, or longer tlian broad, with the maxUIa? 

 cxpo:sed. This division com].n-iscs the single suiigeniis 



Tric/diis, Fabr. [which has been cut up by Kirby, Gory, and others, into various minor subgenera]. Trichius 

 iiobili.s, Linn., and T. fusciaius, Linn, [are British species; the latter exceedingly rare]. The female of T. hemi- 

 p/cnts, Linn., and some others from North America, are distinguished by having a long and slender horny instiu- 



