7 
55 * StaphyVinus. 
25. 
52 * Mehe. 
48. Tenebrto. 
17' Caffida. 
14. Opatrum. 
54. Mordella. 
20. Chryfomela. 
38. Haria. 
2J. Apalus. 
50. Manticora. 
49. Pmelia. 
9. Gyrinus. 
39. Cucujus. 
21. Cryptoctphalu!’ 
23. Bruchus. 
Ptinus. 
2!2. Hifpa. 
44, Buprejiis. 
36. Necydalis. 
3^. Lampyris. 
40. Caniharis, 
32. Notoxus. 
42. Elater. 
34. Calopus. 
19. Alurnus. 
r N S E C T s. 
Shells half the length of the body, coveri,ng 
the wings : above the tail 2 exfertile veti- 
cles. 
Lip elongated, membranaceous. ^ , 
Thorax rounded : head gibbous, infle£lcd. 
Thorax margined : head exferted ; body ob- 
long. 
Body ovate s Ihells margined : head covered 
with a fliield. 
Thorax and Ihield margined. 
Lamin® at the bafe of the abdomen: head 
inflefted. 
Body ovate, immarginate. 
Feelers unequal : jaw bifid: lip rounded. 
C. Antenna filiform. 
Thorax roundlfh ; head gibbous, infledled. 
Jaws cxfsrted, toothed: eyes rather promi"- 
nent. 
Thorax margined: head exferted: body ob- 
long. 
Antenna: a little rigid : eyes 4, , 
Lip fhort, bifid, the divifions diftant. 
Body ovate, immarginate. 
Antennae growing larger towards the tip. 
Thorax receiving the head : laft joints of tlic 
antennae longer. -re 
Antennx ftretched forward, approximate, tun- 
form. 
Head partly retraced within the thorax. 
Shells half as long as the body : wings naked. 
Shells flexile : thorax furrounding and conceal- 
ing the head. 
Shells flexile : Tides of the abdomen edged with 
folded papill®. 
Lip bifid ; the divifions connivent, obtulc. ^ 
A peSoral fpine fpringing from an abdominal 
pore. 
Thorax fpinous or gibbous at the tides. 
Jaw arched: feelers 6. Carabut 
