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FAMILIARUM DIAGNOSES. 
Earn. 22. Tiiogidje 
81. Trox (1). 
Earn. 23. GLAPUTitMiE 
82. Chasmatopterus (1). 
r Maxillae bilob®. (Mandibula labrumq ue imequale crustaceum clypeo 
baud opert®.) 
Antenna 9-10-art., lamellato-clavat®, breves; in fovea ad marginem 
capitis reponend®. 
Corpus ovatum, crassum, tuberculato-rugosum ; scutello distincto. 
| Pedes parum robusti, subcontractiles; ( tibiis setosis, anticis obscure 
dentatis). 
Tarsi 5-articulati. 
Habitant quisquilias in arenosis ; interdum etiam ad ossa allecice ( cartila- 
^ ginem arrodentes ). 
r Maxilla lobo singulo dentato instruct®. ( Mandibula subopert®. Labrum 
crustaceum exsertum.) 
Antenna 9-10-art., lamellato-clavat®, breves; in fovea ad marginem 
capitis reponend®. 
Corpus oblongum, subconvexum, pilosum; scutello distincto; elgtris 
1 leviter ti’uncatis. 
Pedes elongati; ( tibiis anticis ad apicem internum oblique truncatis, 
exeavatis). 
Tarsi 5-articulati, graciles ; unguiculis s®pius dentatis vel bifidis. 
L Habitant super plantas ; flores foliaque devorantes. 
Sectio VI. PRIOCERATA 
"" Maxillarum lobus extemus exarticulatus. 
Antenna mediocrcs, filiformes, serrat® vel pectinat® (rarius 
clavat®); s®pius 11-art. 
- Corpus modo durum, prosterno producto; modo molle, prosterno 
simplici. 
Pedes terrestrii (interdum subcontractiles). 
^ Tarsi plerumque 5-articulati. 
Earn. 24. Thboscid.® 
83. Trixaffus (\). 
Earn. 25. Elateeidj: 
84. Coptostethus (1). 
Earn. 26. Cyphonid^e 
85. Eucinetus (1). 
"" Maxilla bilob®. ( Mandibula leviter exsert®.) 
Antenna 11-art., clavat®, breves ; in fovea prosterni reponend®. 
Coipus ellipticum, durum ; prothorace ad augulos posticos valde producto, 
prosterno antice producto. 
Pedes graciles, contractiles. 
Tarsi 5-articulati, graciles, recepti. 
- Habitant in foliis arborum, inter Hellenes, vel in arenosis; cu/rrentes. 
' Maxilla bilob®. ( Mandibula ad apicem plerumque fiss®.) 
Antenna 11-art., plus minusve breves et serrato-filiformes; in fovea 
prosterni s®pius reponend®. 
Corpus plus minusve angusto-oblongum, durum; prothorace ad angulos 
posticos valde producto, prosterno antice et postice producto (postice 
spiniformi, spina in mesosternum recepta). 
Pedes breviusculi, subcontractiles. 
Tarsi 5-articulati, simplices vel laminiferi; unguiculis modo simplicibus 
modo serratis. 
Habitant super plantas, vel in ligno antiquo; (dorso imposita) resilientes. 
r Maxilla bilob®. (Palpi labiales in typieis furcati, sed in genere nostro 
simplices.) 
Antenna 11-art., breves, filiformes vel subserrat®. 
Corpus plus minusve ovatum vel bemispli®ricum (in typieis molle) ; 
prosterno simplici. 
Pedes sat graciles, pOstici interdum saltatorii. 
Tarsi 5-articulati. 
I Habitant in paludosis, vel etiam sub cortice laxo ; interdum agre saltantvs. 
