SYNOPSIS OP THE TRIBES. 
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Elytra much shortened, usually covering less than half of the abdomen ■ an 
tennse more or less moniliform . . . “ . ’ 
Anterior and middle tarsi 5-jointed, hind ia^ 4jointeci;‘ 'the' joinis slendj' 
rid y b haU i C -r SP T US ’ SOmetiraos silk y or Pubescent beneath, but never’ 
dilated brush-like and bilobed as in the remaining sections- except some 
times the penultimate joint in parts of Tribes XII and XIII 
I lead as wide as the thorax, and attached to it by a neck • bod v rather o , 
elytra flexible; antenme filiform, sometimes V ^i^“ 
™Zr^2* ad .T tig . a T C01M ^ ^ ^-Sifi’ed; larvae 
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him, coloi black or brown; rarely diversified. 
Antennae filiform; anterior coxae somewhat prominent, and nearly or auiie 
contiguous; color mostly brown, sometimes black; larvae sub-corticah 
Auteui sometimes filiform, but usually more or less clavate-'anleHor 
eoxte small, depressed, and never contiguous. 
Antenna; usually moderately and gradually enlarged towards the lip but 
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oblong ; color black or dark metallic ; larvae mostly terrestrial. 
M M. Antennae usually short and perfoliate; body short, oval or'subjldi 
ate, color brown, or black with red spots, sometimes metallic- 
larvae fungivorous . ’ 
Tarsi apparently 4-jointed, with all the joints, except the 'last,' dilated brusl ' 
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N. Head more or less prolonged into a snout or rostrum ; an ten me usually 
capitate; larva; fructivorous T-'t ■ yvi 
N X. Head not prolonged into a snout. 
O. Antennae clavate or capitate; tarsi not dilated; form sub-cylindrical- 
size small; color brown or black; larvae lignivorous. . .Tribe XVII 
ntennae usually filiform or setaceous; sometimes slightly widened 
towaids the tip; tarsi always dilated and brush-like beneath will, 
the penultimate joint usually bilobed 
Form elongated; antennae almost always long, and filiform or seta- 
ceous; often as long as the body or longer; size and colors va 
nous; larvae ligmvorous Tribe XVIII 
Form short, and more or less oval; antenna; filiform, ora little 
i nckened towards the end, and never much more than half as 
ong as the body; size below medium or small; colors various- 
iarvse herbivorous T -'h XT V 
Tarsi usually apparently 3-jointed, sometVme^'oi-'o.joinuid, Hie" joints 
deenfVr ^ rMil ‘ llke beneath > with the penultimate joint usually 
b,lobcd ! aatennse usually strongly clavate, rarely sub-clavate ‘ 
Q Form oval or oblong; antennas of moderate length; colors red and black 
usually arranged m large spots or stripes; habits fungivorous . . .Tribe xx’ 
<-Hl- Iona rounded, or sub. hemispherical; antennas very short; colors mostly 
i ed and black, arranged in dots ; habits carnivorous . . . Tribe XX i 
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