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This work was originally published as a supplement to Bull. Soc. Rouen, 
1879. The various forms of monstrosity, of each of which many examples 
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excess; (a) antennae, (6) palpi and mandibles, (c) elytra, {d) femora and 
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Contains a list of species collected by R. Helms, with descriptions of 
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750 species enumerated, with localities and occasional remarks on varia- 
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