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COLEOPTERA. 
About thirty species are Indian, including Allecula (Plate XXI, 
fig. 12), Cistela and Cistelomorpha. 
Lagriid m. 
Anterior coxce projecting, conical and contiguous. Anterior coxal cavities 
closed behind ; claivs simple, ventral segments five, penultimate 
tarsal joint bilobed and pubescent. 
These are Tenebrionids with different coxae and having anterior 
coxal cavities closed behind, and will not, by the close coleopterous stu¬ 
dent, be confused with other Heteromera. 
About forty species are described from 
India alone ; Lagria is the most import¬ 
ant genus, widespread and with several 
common Indian species; the body is 
hairy, the head has a thick neck, the 
tarsus has the penultimate joint expand¬ 
ed and pubescent as in the Chrysomelidce. 
Othniim:. 
This family is represented in India 
by a small species. Othnius delusus, 
Pasc. (Plate XXI, fig. 11), found in the 
hills of South India. 
Monommim. 
Represented in India by a single species,. Monomma brunneum , 
Thoms, (fig. 216), found under the bark of trees. This is a dark 
Fig. 217.— Monomma 
PRUNFFUM. 
Fig. 218.— Head of M. 
GIGANTEUM. 
(From Thomson.) 
