SECTIONS AND FAMILIES OF THE COLEOPTERA. 
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eleven great sections, viz. the Adephaga, or Carnivorous Beetles; 
the Brachelytra , ‘ Bove-Beetles ’ or 1 Devil’s Coach-horses ; ’ the 
JYecrophaga, or Carrion-feeders (equivalent to the Clavicornes 
and Palpicomes of French authors) ; the Lamellicomes, or 
Chafers and their allies; the Sternoxi; the Malacodermi ; 
the Heteromera ; the Rhynchophora ; the Longicornes ; the 
Eupoda, and the Pseudotrimera. These again are divided 
into sub-sections, families, &c., whose characters will be given 
in due order.” — W. W. F.) 
