. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. acters of the perfect insect go there seems no real reason why this family shouldbe separated from the TenebrionidvE,and, according to Leconte and Horn,it is chiefly because of the differencein the larva that it is retained asdistinct. Yet the only apparentdistinction in the larva consists in itsbeing somewhat broader and moreactive, while the pupa of Lagriahirtais very closely allied to that of severalof the , except that thelateral dilatations of the abdominalsegments are prolonged into sub-clavate processes.
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. acters of the perfect insect go there seems no real reason why this family shouldbe separated from the TenebrionidvE,and, according to Leconte and Horn,it is chiefly because of the differencein the larva that it is retained asdistinct. Yet the only apparentdistinction in the larva consists in itsbeing somewhat broader and moreactive, while the pupa of Lagriahirtais very closely allied to that of severalof the , except that thelateral dilatations of the abdominalsegments are prolonged into sub-clavate processes. The family con-Fig. basalts. taing about 2()0 gpecieg o£ whicfc the greater part belong to the generaLagria and Statira; about half-a-dozen species of the formerhave been recorded from the Indian region. They are chieflyfound on leaves of shrubs and the lower branches of trees, andunder bark, and occur only rarely on flowers. The larvrc of-some, at any rate, of the species hibernate under dead leaves andin refuse of dead wood at the foot of old Family 74. Antenna inserted under the sides of the front, eleven-jointed, joints9-11 forming a loose club; head large and flat; anterior coxcesmall, conical, and, contiguous, cavities closed behind; intermediateand posterior coxce, slightly separated, the former rounded, the lattertransverse; apex of abdomen uncovered; abdomen with five visiblesegments, cdl free ; legs slender ; form elongate, integument wealc. This family contains a single genus, which was formerly (whenone sex only was known) placed among the Clayicornia nearthe They are however heteromerous in bothsexes, and according to Leconte and Horn (Ciassif. Col. NorthAmerica, p. 392) the margins of the ventral segments are semi-membranous as in the more degraded and thesubsequent families. The antennae, moreover, have sensorypunctures similar to those observed in the Theinsects are found running on the lea
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