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2. Antennos stout, joint 2 equal to 3, the rest moniliform, club short 
and stout. 
a. Smooth ; pronotum subparallel ; joint 9 of antennse narrower 
than 10 4. Lycoperdina (Lat.). 
h. Pubescent j pronotum subcordiform j joint 9 of antennm much di- 
lated 8. Uylaia (Gudr.). 
B. Prosternum elevated between the coxaj, and distinctly separating 
them. 
1. Elytra oval-oblong ; abdomen of 6 segments ; club of antennae short, 
or composed of unequal joints. 
a. Club sliort, its last joint not longer than the preceding. 
* Narrow, pubescent ; joint 2 of antennae about equal to 3. 
7. Perrlsia, g. n. 
t Broad, smooth ; joint 2 of antennae half the size of 3. 
3. Mycetina (Muls.). 
h. Club thin, last joint longer than the two preceding united. 
6. PoLYMUS (Muls.). 
2. Elytra broad and rounded ; abdomen of 6 segments ; club of antennae 
veiy long, its 3 joints equal 2. Endomychus (Panz.). 
II. Tarsi with joint 3 free and visible (Endom. annexes). 
A. Shining, black, pronotum red ; anterior coxae contiguous ; mesostemum 
very long j antennae inserted beneath the frontal margin. 
9. Leiestes (Redt.). 
B. Pubescent, ferruginous ; prosternum visible between the coxae ; meso- 
sternum short ; antennae inserted on the forehead. 
1. ‘ Oval-oblong; mesostemum longer than broad. 
a. Prothoracic furrows very short ; elytra with a sutural stria. 
10. Symbiotes (Redt.). 
h. Prothoracic furrows complete ; no sutural stria. 
12. Mycet^ea (Steph.). 
2. Rounded; mesostemum broader than long. 11. Clemmus (Hampe). 
Ancylopus includes only 1 European species, A. melanocephalus (Costa) 
of Endomyclms 3 species are described ; Lycoperdina has 3 European species, 
succincta^ Linn., horhtcR (Fab.), and a new one from Algeria; i. pallida 
(Gebl.) is believed by the author to be an immature example of succincta ; 
X. marginalis (Gebl.) and (Woll.) are also described ; of the 
author describes denticollis (Germ.) and trimaculata (Motsch.) as European, 
also edentata (Woll.), harhara (Luc.), limhata (Motsch.), and caucasiea 
(Motsch.), and 3 new Algerian species ; Polynius includes only Mulsant’s 
species nigricornis ; Ilylaia (substituted for Ceramis, Gerst.) has 2 species, 
podagrica (Gu6r.) and rnbricollis (Dahl.), the former from Batoum; of 
Leiestes 2 species are described, of Symbiotes 2, of Clemmus 1, and of My- 
cetcea 1. 
Perrisia, g. n., Marseul, L’Abeille, v. p. 113. (See Table.) Sp. Lycop. brevis 
(Perris). 
I.ycoperdina penicillata, sp. n., Marseul, L’Abeille, v. p. 96, Algeria. 
Papfsa subpunctata, sp.n., Marseul, 1. c. p. 107, D. sellata, sp. n.. Mars. 1. c. 
p. 108, and D. pallescens, sp. n.. Mars. 1. c. p. 109, Algeria. 
Dapsa spinicollis, sp. n., Fairmaire, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® s^r. viii. p. 601, 
Morocco, 
1868. [voL. V.] 
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