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To the above genera many others might be 

 added, and I think the Chiroscelidae of some 

 authors cannot be separated from the Tenebrionidaeo 

 The following genera compose the family : 



CHIROSCELIDiE, Gory . 



Genera. 



Country. 



Typical Species. 



1. 



Orthocerus, Latreille. 



Paris 



Orth, Clavicornis, Linneus. 



2. 



Corticus, Latreille. 



Dalmatia 



C Celtis, Be Jean. 



3. 



Chiroscelis, Lamarck. 



Guinea 



P. Digitatus, Fabricius. 



4. 



Prioscelis, Hope 



Sierra Leone 



P. Fabricii, Hope. 



5. 



Toxicum, Latreille. 



East Indies 



T. Richesianum, Latreille. 



6. 



Phrenapates, Kirby. 



Colombia 



P. Bennetii, Kirby. 



7. 



Boros, Herbst. 



Sweden 



Hyp. Boros, Fabricius. 



I purposely refrain from adding to the above 

 genera, which might easily be done from the various 

 forms pertaining to the Tenebrionidae. I have not 

 quoted in the Heteromera various references to 

 works in which much interesting matter is to be 

 found. Monsieur Solier no doubt will, at the 

 conclusion of his task, give us ample references; 

 in the meantime I refer the reader to the Introduc- 

 tion of the modern classification of Insects, (Vol. L, 

 1839), by J. O. Westwood, Esq., whose Biblio- 

 graphical References merit great praise, and evince 

 a more thorough acquaintance with Entomological 

 Authors than can be derived from any other sys- 

 tematic work yet published. I have omitted the 

 families of Nyctelidae, Tentyridae, and Tagenidae ; 

 for the genera composing them the reader is referred 

 to Solier, in the Annales of the Entomological 



