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Chelonarium, Fabricius. 



The Baron De Jean is inclined to follow Fa- 

 bricius in placing Cheloniarum between Hister and 

 Byrrhus ; a situation, according to my views, 

 entirely out of place. Mr. MacLeay, in his An- 

 nulosa Javanica, ranges it with the Dermestidae. 

 His observations are worthy of attention, as he felt 

 convinced of the impropriety of locating it as he 

 has done. One specimen which he examined hung 

 in a very mutilated state. Latreille considers it 

 as belonging to a family mediate between Elater 

 and Buprestis, and it is probable that he is right 

 in his suggestions ; till we know more, however, 

 of the habits of these insects, as well as their actual 

 larvae, it would be rash to speak decidedly con- 

 cerning them. It appears that some species of 

 Chelonarium are found in the New as well as the 

 Old World, the major part of the known species 

 belonging to South America. Two species from 

 the East Indies have fallen under my notice; neither 

 of them accord with Chelonarium Villosum of 

 MacLeay, described in the Annulosa Javanica. 



Westwood, and Curtis. The German works are Sturm's Deutsh 

 Fauna, Kugellan in Schneider's Magazine, Germar's Magazine, 

 Vol. 1 and 4, and also his species Novae Insectorum, Klug's 

 Jahrbucher der Insectenkunde, page 83 ; and lastly, Erichson's 

 Kafer der Mark Brandenburg Band, Abth 2, page 649. As to 

 the French writers, I need only mention the names of Audouin 

 and Brulle, and Monsieur Laporte de Castelneau. Some writers 

 are inclined to consider Onthophilus as a distinct section; to 

 that opinion I am opposed, and therefore have omitted it. 



