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42. Family. — False-Chaffers (Anoplognathidae). An- 



tennae 10 or 1 1 -jointed ; mandibles large, 

 horny, obtuse at tip ; labium concealed by 

 mentum ; clypeus dilated in front, entirely 

 concealing the mandibles ; body ovate, con- 

 vex, or sub-quadrate ; mesosternum often 

 produced into a spine in front ; legs robust, 

 the hind pair often greatly thickened. Arbo- 

 real. Eating the leaves of trees. 



43. Family. — Flower-Beetles (Glaphyridae). Anten- 



nae 10 or 11 -jointed; mandibles horny, con- 

 cealed, dilated ; labium produced ; maxillae 

 with a coriaceous pilose lobe forming a small 

 brush ; body ovate, depressed, squamose or 

 pilose ; elytra shorter than abdomen ; legs 

 long, hinder thighs sometimes thickened ; 

 tarsi spinulose. Floral. Living on the juices 

 of flowers. 



44. Family. — Sun-Beetles (Cetoniidae). Antennae 



J or 11 -jointed ; % mandibles membranous, 

 compressed, slender, lanceolate; maxillae with 

 the inner margin ciliated ; labium concealed 

 by mentum ; antennae glabrous ; body ob- 

 long-ovate, depressed j scutellum distinct ; 

 mesosternum often produced into a spine in 

 front ; legs slender, claws simple, acute. 

 Floral. Living on the juices of flowers. 



YTIT. SUB-ORDER. — Hard-skxnned Serricorn- 

 Beetles (Sternoxi). 



Antennae filiform, pectinate or serrated ; sternum 



