CONTENTS OF VOL. I. PART I. 



CHAPTER PAGE. 



I. Introduction 1 



II. History of the Classification of the Linncean 



Scarabcei 13 



III. Nomenclature of the Linncean Scarabcei . . 20 



IV. Natural Affinities which the Linncean Scara- 



bcei bear to each other 26 



V. Linncean Genera Lucanus and Hister ... 30 



VI. Geography of the Linncean Scarabcei . . 42 



VII. Five Families of Petalocera which live on 



putrid or decomposed vegetable matter . . 50 



VIII. Five Families of Petalocerazohich feed on green 



or living vegetable matter 69 



IX. Concluding Remarks 85 



Appendix 95 



