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Tarsi omnes articulis indivi- 

 sis, unguibus apice bifidis. Ca- 

 put cordatum, thorace latius , 

 valde inflexum aut subperpen- 

 diculare ; antennis submonili- 

 formibus aut articulis cylindri- 

 cis- oculis quandoque emargi- | FAMILIA XXVP. 

 natis. Thorax parvus, subqua- \ Cantharidijs. 

 dratus , anlice plerisque suban- 

 gustato-rotundatus. Elytra illis 

 flexibilia , subinflexa, angusta , 

 elongata ; his abdomine bre- 

 viora, postice ad suturam diva- 

 ricata. Abdomen sa'pe mollius- 

 culum. 



Cantharidies. 



Tarsi multorum articulo pe- ^ 1 

 nultimo bifido , unguibus om- 

 nium indivisis aut simpliciter 

 denticulatis. Corpus illis subli- 

 neare, rectum; antennis longis; 

 thorace subaeque lato, subqua- 

 drato 5 elylris flexibilibus, an- 

 guslis, in multis subulatis. Cor- 

 pus his subovale aut subovatum ; 

 capite modo simpliciter promi- 

 nulo (ettunc antennae elongatae, 

 palpi longitudine non valde di- 

 versi ; thorace ssepius transverso- 

 quadrato aut trapeziforrni; dorso 

 aiXHiato ) modo antice angusto 

 rostrato. 



FAMILIA XXVIP. 



ClSTELENIiE. 



Cistelenies. 



