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COLEOPTERA. 
(1), Notodoma (1), Sitalia (1), Epiechinus (1), Abrceus (3), Halacritus 
(1), Saprinus (14), Gnathoncus (1). 
Fig. 170.— Pachylistek, 
BENGALENSIS. 
Fig. 171.— Hololepta 
INDICA. 
The family is divided into a number of sub-families which need 
not concern us. Hololepta and Platysoma include flattened black spe 
cies found under the bark of trees, where they prey upon bark- 
feeding insects. In Hololepta elongata, Er. this flattening is carried 
to an extraordinary extent, the beetle being scarcely thicker than a 
visiting card. Hister is the abundant genus with many species ; H. 
javanus , Payk. is common in cow dung in the plains as is also H. bipus- 
tulatus , Fabr. var immaculatus. Saprinus interruptus, Payk. repre¬ 
sents this genus commonly, the beetle being black with a large yellow 
blotch on each elytron. 
Phalacrid^e. 
Antennce with a distinct three-jointed club. Tarsi five-jointed, fourth 
;joint small. Abdomen five visible ventral segments; front coxae 
globular, hind coxce contiguous. 
A family closely resembling the next, but distinct in the structure 
of the coxae. There are but few genera and the Indian species appear 
to be little known. Olibrus (5 spp.), Augasmus (3 spp.), and Phalacrus 
(5 spp.) are the recorded genera. 
