. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. rp, who hasstudied the insect closely, is evidently right in believing that itreally forms a subfamily of the , near the Prioniin^,from which it is distinguished by having the anterior coxal cavitiesclosed behind, and by the peculiar articulation of the head. Itis allied to two or three of the Indian species of Prioninse. Family 92. CERAMBYCIDAE. Head in front obliquely inclined, sometimes subvertical; clypeo-frontal sutures generally distinct, the clypeus as a rule relativelylarge; last joint of palpi not pointed
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. rp, who hasstudied the insect closely, is evidently right in believing that itreally forms a subfamily of the , near the Prioniin^,from which it is distinguished by having the anterior coxal cavitiesclosed behind, and by the peculiar articulation of the head. Itis allied to two or three of the Indian species of Prioninse. Family 92. CERAMBYCIDAE. Head in front obliquely inclined, sometimes subvertical; clypeo-frontal sutures generally distinct, the clypeus as a rule relativelylarge; last joint of palpi not pointed at the apex ; anterior tibial notgrooved beneath. * Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1901, p. I. 186 INTRODUCTION. The Indian species belonging to this family have been fullydescribed by Mr. C. J. Gahan (Fauna of British India, Coleoptera,vol. i, 1906). The known Indian species belonging to theCeeambyciDjE amount at present to close upon 400; thePeioninje contain the largest representatives, among them beingsuch species as ffliaphipodus taprobanicus, Macrotoma jisheri, Fig. 85.—Prionus ellioti (natural size). Fig. 86. — Tetropium gahrieli. Larva X Si ; pupa X ^| (afterCrawshay). Mr. Gahan divides the family into the Pbioninje, which havethe inner lobe of the maxillae obsolete or very small, and , , and Oeeambycin^e, which have it welldeveloped. Full particulars of these divisions and their sub-divisions will be found in Mr. Gahans work {I. c. pp. 2-4et seqq.). The genus Parandra (which is not represented in the Indian „fauna) ought, apparently, to form at least a separate subfamily, asthe tarsi are distinctly pentamerous, the third joint being smallerthan usual and not concealing the fourth. In certain genera the antennas are curiously tufted at the joints(e. g., Phyodexia, Rosalia, etc.), and the legs are sometimes hairy,or the posterior pair may be furnished with tufts; occasionallythe femora are thickened and form a small plate. The samepeculiarities
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