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COLEOPTERA. 
Clavareau in Genera Insectorum, with 90 species from the Indian 
region of which less than fifteen are found in India proper. Jacoby 
describes 125 species in the Fauna of India. Titubwa bimaculata, Jac., 
Clytra succincta, Lac., Clytra confer mis , Lac., Coptocephala nair, Lac., 
and Diapromorpha turcica , Fabr., appear to be common species of the 
Clytrides, and Cryptocephalus senarius , Suff., Cryptocephalus sehestedti, 
Fabr., Cryptocephalus corrosicollis, Jac., among Cryptocephalides . Of 
the latter genus nearly fifty Indian species were recorded forty years 
ago and a larger number have been since described. Exema , Chlamys 
and Hymetes represent the Chlamynce, which are almost wholly 
American. 
Cyclica. —The largest division with the greatest number of species. 
There are three main sub-divisions of which two, Eumolpince and Chry- 
somelince , have the base of the antennae separated widely, whilst the 
third, Galerucince, has the bases of the antennae drawn together though 
not touching. The latter are separated by Jacoby under the term 
Trichostomes . In all, the beetles are of small to moderate size, usually 
brightly coloured. They 
constitute the immense 
majority of the family, 
the typical leaf-eating 
beetles. Colours are 
usually warning, bright 
blue, bright red, a great 
variety of tints. 
Eumolpince .—Practic¬ 
ally nothing is on record 
as to the life-bistories 
of our forms, but the 
larvae probably are 
miners in roots or live in 
the soil feeding on roots. 
Jacoby records 414 spe¬ 
cies from the Indian re¬ 
gion. Scelodonta includes 
small dull coloured beetles 
Fig. 232. -Scelodonta strigicollis. 
