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MODERN SYSTEM. 
Genus 77. TELEPHORUS. Schieff., De Geer, Leach, Oik)., Lam., 
Latr. Can tharis. Linn., Fcil/r., Marsh., Gyll. 
Mandibles with their apex acute and entire : antenna distant : joints cy- 
lindric, elongate: maxilla hi (id : both/ soft: palpi with their last joint 
securiform : elytra the length of the abdomen. 
Sp. 1. Tel. fuscus. Cinereous-black: mouth, base of the antennae, 
thorax, back of the abdomen, sides of the belly and anus, red : tho- 
rax with a black spot, (PI. 3. fig. 4.) 
Cantharis fusca. Linn., Fabr. Telephorus fuscus. Latr. 
Inhabits various plants in the spring and beginning of summer. 
Genus 78. M ALT li 1 X US. Latr., Twitch. Cantharis. Linn., 
Fabr., Marsh. Telephorus. Oliv., De Geer. 
Antenna distant, joints elongate, cylindric: maxilla bifid : mandibles with 
their points entire and very sharp : body soft : palpi with their last 
joint ovate, acute : elytra shorter than the abdomen: head attenuated 
behind more or less. 
Sp. J. Mat. f ta ns. Head much attenuated behind : thorax not broader 
than long, margined all round, the middle longitudinally impressed : 
body yellowish : antenna: (base excepted), vertex, and dorsal mark 
of the thorax blackish : elytra with punctured stria;, yellow at their 
points. 
Telephorus minimus. Oliv. Malthinus flavus. Lair. 
Inhabits the oaks of England and France. 
Fam. VIII. Melyrid.e. Leach. 
Tarsi with the last joint but one bifid : mandibles notched : maxilla bi- 
fid: antenna filiform, composed of ten joints: elytra soft, flexible; 
thorax quadrate or semicircular. 
Genus 79. DASYTES. Payk., Fabr., Latr., Leach. Melyris- 
Olivier, Lam., Illig. Tillus. Marsh. 
Head somewhat transverse, retracted within the thorax, even to the 
eyes : tarsi with nails apparently bifid : antenna with short turbi- 
nated joints nearly as broad as long: lip with the apex deeply 
notched, almost bifid : body without papilla;. 
Sp. 1. Dm. uter. Oblong, black, widely punctate, hairy, the hairs 
black and cinereous : head with a double impression in front, which 
is ovate and rouglush. 
Dasytcs ater. Latr., Fabr. Melyris ater. Olivier. 
Inhabits Europe, amongst grass and moss. 
Genus 30. MALACHIUS. Fabr., Oliv., Lam., Latr., Leach. Can- 
tharis. Linn., Marsh. Telephorus. Schieff., De Geer. 
Head somewhat transverse, retractile even to the eyes within the tho- 
rax: tarsi with apparently bifid nails: antenna with conic or cylin- 
dric-conic joints, longer than broad, in some few pectinated: labium 
