76 FAMILIES OF PETALOCERA WHICH FEED ON 



ment of the geographical proportions of this family. It 

 may nevertheless be observed, that there appear to be 

 many more species within the tropics than there are with- 

 out; and that the Cetoniida with a Iobate thorax seem, 

 with one or two exceptions only, to be all inhabitants of 

 the new world. 



Fam. VIII. GLAPHYMB^. 



Antennas decem-articulata, ante oculos sub clypei latere 

 in&erta ; 

 Articulo basilari trigono, pilis longissimis instruct*) ; 

 Capitulo triphyllo scapius suhgloboso. 



Labrum exsertum, crustaceum, transverso-quadratum, 

 margine antico recto lineari. 



Mandibulee dilatata, cornea, absconditcz, aut saltern vix 

 prominulcB, latere interno coriaceo vel membranaceo. 



Maxillas processu externo membranaceo aut coriaceo, inter- 

 dum multidentato, scepius elongato et hirsuto, Ce- 

 toniidarum ilium simulante ; processu interno cor- 

 neo dentato> 



Palpi maxillares hirsuti, articulo ultimo reliquis majori. 



Palpi labiales fere eadem longitudine quam maxillares. 



Mentum hirsutum, subquadratum, vix emarginatum. 



Caput veluti in Cetoniidarumfamilia, clypeo integro, qua- 

 drato, margine reflexo. Oculi clypeo cincti. Cor- 

 pus ovatum, depressum, squamosum vel pilosum, 

 elytris plerumque ad apicem dehiscentibus, abdo- 

 mine brevioribus. Thorax subquadratus aut subor- 

 biculatus; Scutello distincto. Pedes longi, femo- 

 ribus posticis inter dum incrassatis; Tarsi elongati 



