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THE STUDY OF INSECTS. 
The Dascyllids. p. 544.Family Dascyllida:. 
The Rhipicerids. p. 544 .Family RhipiCERIDjE. 
The Click-beetles, p. 544.Family Elaterida:. 
The Throscids. p. 548.Family ThrosCida. 
The Buprestids. p. 548.Family Buprestida. 
The Fire-fly Family, p. 550.Family Lampyrida. 
The Malachiids. p. 552.Family Malachiida. 
The Checkered-beetles, p. 552.Family Clerida. 
The Ptinids. p. 553..Family Ptinida. 
The Cupesids. p. 553.Family Cupesida. 
The Ship-timber Beetle Family, p. 553 - 
Family Lymexylidje. 
TheCiids. p. 554 .Family Ciid*:. 
The Sphindids. p. 554.Family Sphindidje. 
DDDD. The Lamellicornia (La-mel-li-cor'ni-a) or Lamelli- 
com Beetles.—Isomera in which the first ventral abdominal 
segment is visible for its entire breadth and in which the 
antennae have a lamellate club. 
The Stag-beetles, p. 554.Family Lucanidje. 
The Scarabaeids. p. 556.Family Scar a b^idas. 
CC. The Phytophaga (Phy-toph'a-ga).—Isomera in which the 
fourth and fifth tarsal segments are grown together; the fourth 
tarsal segment is usually very small, and concealed in a notch 
in the third segment. 
The Aberrant Long-horned Beetles, p. 566. 
Family SrONDYLiDJE. 
The Long-horned Beetles, p. $67 .Family Cerambycidas. 
The Leaf-beetles, p. 574... .Family Chrysomelidas. 
The Pea-weevil Family, p. 581.Family Bruchidje. 
BB. The Heteromera (Het-e-rom'e-ra) or Heteromerous Beetles. 
—Typical Coleoptera in which the fore and middle tarsi are five- 
jointed, and the hind tarsi four-jointed. 
The Darkling Beetles, p. 582.Family TenebrioniD/E. 
The ^Egialitids. p. 584.Family ^EGlALiTiDiE. 
The Cistelids. p. 584.-. Family Cistelid^e. 
The Othniids. p. 584.Family Othniid^e. 
The Lagriids. p. 584.Family Lagriidje. 
The Monommids. p. 584.Family Monommid^e. 
The Melandryids. p. 585.Family Mej.andryida-:. 
The Pythids. p. 585...Family Pythidas. 
The CEdemerids. p. 585.Family CEdemeridas. 
The Cephaloids. p. 585.Family Cephaloidas. 
