COLEOPTERA. 467 
Ilypchmis pius, Kiesenwetter, Berl. ent. Zeits. 1865, p. 375, note, from Cor- 
dova ; H. posticus, Kiesenw. h c. p. 393, note, from Castile. 
Malachius curticornis, Kiesenwetter, 1. c. p. 388, note, from Andalusia. 
Malachius harnemllei, Puton, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® s^r. tome v. p. 131, 
from the Basses- Alpes. 
Attains gracilis, Kiesenwetter, 1. c, p. 372, note, from Chiclana in Anda- 
lusia; A. anticus, Kiesenw. 1. c. p. 393, note, from Castile. 
Char opus glaher, Kiesenwetter, 1. c. p. 371, note, and C. multicaudis, liiesenw. 
1. c, p. 383, note, from Andalusia ; C. hamifer, Kiesenw. 1. c. p. 387, note, 
from the Sierra Nevada. 
Antidipnis fiacomacidata, Becker, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxvii. pt. 1. 
p. 487, from Sarepta. 
Dasgtes croceipes, Kiesenwetter, 1. c. p. 360, note, from Spain. 
Haplocnemus limhipcnnis, Kiesenwetter, 1. c. p. 383, note, and H. pellucem, 
Kiesenw. ibid., from Andalusia. 
Cleridas. 
Mulsant and Rey have published (Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 
tome X.) their natural history of the French Cleridm [Angusti- 
colies) . They describe the general characters of the group and 
the mode of life of the larva and perfect insect, and. analyze the 
different modes of treatment of the insects of this group by pre- 
ceding authors. Their own classification is as follows. They 
divide their tribe Angusticolles into two groups * — 
I. Abdomen of six apparent segments derides. 
II. Abdomen of five apparent segments CorynHides. 
The derides form three families, tabulated as follows (/. c. 
p. 277) 
I. Posterior tarsi distinctly pentamerous Tilliens. 
II. Posterior tarsi subpentamcrous. 
A. Prothorax not margined at the sides Cleriens. 
B. Prothorax with a more or less distinct margin on each side. 
iEnopliens. 
Curiously enough, however, this third family drops out of 
the subsequent classification, taking its place only as a second 
branch of the deriens, wdiich appears under the title of 
Tarsostenaires at page 290 and under that of Enopli- 
aires ” at page 347. If any proof were required of the vicious 
nature of these excessive subdivisions, and the injurious effects 
which their adoption must produce upon the study of entomo- 
logy, it might be found in the readiness with which even their 
authors are thrown by them into confusion. The Tilliens in- 
clude only the genera Denops (Fisch.) and Tillus. The 
Cleriens, as already stated, are divided into two branches 
(p. 290) 
Clcraircs, with five joints ih the posterior tarsi, tho first concealed above 
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