. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. e number of small delicate insects with very softand delicate integument and loosely articulated limbs are comprised 134 INTRODUCTION. in this family. Their habits are to a great extent aquatic or sub-aquatic, and in some cases (e. g. PrionocypTion; very peculiar, thelarvae living in stagnant water in and about hollows of trees, etc. The larva of Ilelodes possesses only abdo-minal spiracles and breathes by coming tothe surface of the water aud taking abubble of air down with it; the larva ofCyphon is remarkable for its long an
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. e number of small delicate insects with very softand delicate integument and loosely articulated limbs are comprised 134 INTRODUCTION. in this family. Their habits are to a great extent aquatic or sub-aquatic, and in some cases (e. g. PrionocypTion; very peculiar, thelarvae living in stagnant water in and about hollows of trees, etc. The larva of Ilelodes possesses only abdo-minal spiracles and breathes by coming tothe surface of the water aud taking abubble of air down with it; the larva ofCyphon is remarkable for its long antennae,short legs and ciliate sides of the body ; inthese respects it resembles that of Hydro-cyphon, which is furnished with curiousretractile appendages at the end of thelast segment of the body. About 300 species are known, butprobably the family is very extensive, asit has been greatly neglected ; it has mostlikely a wide range in the Indian Region,but only a few species have hithertobeen recorded ; among these are members of Ilelodes, Hydrocyphonand Fig. 56.—Scirtes pictns. Family 58. EHIPICERID^. Rather large and consjricuous insects of very chareicteristicappeeirance ; antennae inserted on the forehead well in front of theeyes, usually flabellate, with the processes very long in the mcdes,serrate in the females ; anterlor ecnel middle coxce conico-cylindrical,prominent, the former with leirge trochantius, anterior pair con-tiguous, intermediate pair separated; elytra covering abdomen,epipleurce extending to apex; tarsi Jive-jointed with the onychiumbroad and hairy and extended between the claws. Nine genera and fifty-nine species are mentioned in the MunichCatalogue, and not many have been described since. They arewidely distributed in both the Old and the New World, the genusCallirhipis being represented in the Indian Region. The position of the family is somewhat difficult to determine,but is apparently near the DascilliDjE. The perfect insects are found so
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