320 PSEUDOTRIMERA. — HETEROMERA. 



Fam. 60. ENDOMYCHIDiE Leach. 



div. Endomychus Ant. with a distinct 3-jointed club : max. palpi capitate, 

 the terminal joint obtrigonal ; tho. deeply notched in front, broadest 

 behind : body ovate, glabrous : elytra free : wings 2 : thighs slender. 



dv. Lycoperdina Ant. with an indistinct club : max. palpi filiform, apical 

 joint ovate : tho. dilated anteriorly, narrowed behind : body elongate- ovate : 

 elytra free ; wings : thighs abruptly clavate ; tibia 4 pubescent. 



504 Endomychus Paykull. 



2524 coccineus L. ii. 592. — Ste. M. iv. 399. — Cur. xii. pi. 570. — 

 Shining blood-red ; an oblong longitudinal patch on the thorax, and 2 

 large round spots on each of the elytra, black ; middle of breast and legs 

 black ; joints of the latter and tarsi reddish ; base of antenna? pitchy ; 

 apex black. (L. H-2| 1.) On fungi and putrid wood : local, but very 

 widely distributed : 2-8. 



505 Lycoperdina Latreille. 



2525 Bovista Pk. F. ii. 115. — Cur. viii. pi. 355. var. — Ste. M. iv. 400. 

 — Black ; shining ; glabrous ; mouth, antenna, angles of the thorax, tip 

 of the elytra, and of abdomen and legs, dull-red. (L. 1^-2^ 1.) 



Var. ? Ly. elongata Ste. M. v. 425. — More elongate ; hinder angles of 

 thorax black, mouth, antennas, and legs pitchy. In puff balls (Lycoperdon 

 Bovista): Birch Wood ; Guildford; Kimpton, &c. : 6-10. 



§ 6. HETEROMERA Latreille. 



Fam. 61 Tenebrionid^e. Head inserted up to the eyes in the tho., which is 

 4-drate, or trapeziform : palpi thickened at the tip; apical joint mostly 

 hatchet-shaped : ant. generally moniliform : body oblong, flattish : tarsi 

 mostly heteromerous, joints and claws simple. 



Fam. 62 Diaperidte. Head inserted : tho. 4-drate, trapeziform, or somewhat 

 cylindric : palpi nearly filiform, rarely enlarged at tip : ant. short, mo- 

 niliform or pectinated : body rounded, or 4-drate, convex : tarsi hetero- 

 merous, joints and claws simple. 



Fam. 63 Blapsidje. Head inserted : tho. somewhat 4-drate : palpi with the 

 terminal joint large, dilated, 3-angular : ant. nearly filiform : elytra. 

 soldered together : wings : body elongate : tarsi heteromerous, joints and 

 claws simple. 



Fam. 64 Helopid;e. Head inserted : tho. transverse : palpi with terminal 

 joint large, hatchet-shaped : ant. filiform, base concealed, 3d joint longest : 

 elytra not soldered together : icings rudimentary or short : tarsi hetero- 

 merous, anterior sometimes dilated in £ ; joints and claivs simple. 



Fam. 65 Cistelid^e. Head inserted : tho. transverse : palpi filiform, or with 

 the terminal joint hatchet-shaped : ant. elongate ; base not concealed, 

 filiform, sometimes pectinated or serrated : elytra free : wings ample : body 

 elongate ; softish : tarsi heteromerous, anterior sometimes dilated in £ ; 

 joints simple ; claws denticulated. 



Fam. 66 Lagriidje. Head inserted ; and with the tho. narrower than the 

 elytra, which are free, ample, soft, and flexible : ant. filiform, inserted in a 

 notch of the eyes : body elongate : tarsi heteromerous, penult, joint bilobed ; 

 claws simple. 



Fam. 67 Melandryidje. Head inserted, sometimes inflexed : tho. widest 

 behind : ant. shortish, filiform ; eyes occasionally notched : max. palpi 

 with 3 terminal joints large, often deflexed : body elongate and sub- 

 cylindric, or flattish: tarsi testaceous ; penult, joint of all, or of 4 anterior, 

 oblong, bifid ; in the last case hinder legs formed for leaping. 





