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MODERN SYSTEM. 
Genus '1 19. CLYTIIRA, Laickarting, Fabr., Oliv., Lair., Leuch. 
Antenna: short, serrated, exserted: palpi alike. 
Sp. 1 . Cly. < quadripunctata . 
Clythra quadripunctata. Fabr., Lair., Leach. Cryptoecphalus quadri- 
punctatus. Marsh. Clirysomela quadripunctata. Linn. 
Inhabits the oak, but is very local. 
Fam. XL VI. Frotyi.idx. 
Antenna moniliform below, terminated by an ovoid club : thorax ele- 
vated at the middle: tibia elongate-triangular. 
Stirps. 1 . — Palpi all terminated by large semilunar or securiform 
joints. 
Genus 250. TRITOMA. Fabr., Oliv., Latr., Leach. 
Body short-ovate, the back elevated in the middle : thorax with the 
middle of the hinder margin dilated into an angle. 
Sp. 1 . Tril. bipustulatum. (PI. 2. fig. 0.) 
Tritoma bipustulatum. Fabr., Payk., Latr., Leach. 
Inhabits boleti. 
Genus 251. TRIPLAX. Payk., Fair., Oliv., Leach. Sulpha. Linn'; 
Marsh. 
Body oval. 
Sp. 1. Tri. russica. 
Silpha russica. Linn., Marsh. Triplax russica. Payk., Fabr. Tritoma 
russica. Latr., Leach. 
Inhabits dead trees fungi. 
Stirps 2. — Maxillary palpi filiform, or thicker towards their extremities. 
* Tarsi with the penultimate joint bilobate. Body hemispheric, but 
not contractile into a ball. 
Genus 252. PIIALACRUS. Latr., Payk., Leach, 
Antenna with a three-jointed club. 
Sp. 1 . Pita, bicolor. 
Phalacrus bicolor. Payk., Latr., Leach. Dermestes Calthce. Scopolb 
Anisotoma bicolor. Lltig., Fubr. 
Inhabits various flowers. 
*® Tarsi rcilh Ihc joints entire. Body nearly globose, contractile 
into a ball. 
Genus 253. AGATHIDIUM. Illig., Latr., Leach. 
Antenna with a three-jointed club. 
Sp. 1. Agath. nigripenne. 
