. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. , south end of LakeChilka, (A nnandale. Indian Museum).Type in coll. Andrewes. I am much obliged to Mr. H. E. Andrewes for the loan of thetype of this pretty and very distinct MEHISMODERUS. 457 Genus MERISMODERUS. Ceratodevus, subg. Merismodems, Wesfcwood, Trans. Ent. Soc. , 1847, p. 23. Merismoderus, Lacordaire, Gen. Col. ii, 18-54, p. 11; Raffray, Mus. Paris, (2) viii, 1885, p. 341. Somewhat elongate, and a little compressed ; head variable, eyesvery small; antenna? formed apparently of
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. , south end of LakeChilka, (A nnandale. Indian Museum).Type in coll. Andrewes. I am much obliged to Mr. H. E. Andrewes for the loan of thetype of this pretty and very distinct MEHISMODERUS. 457 Genus MERISMODERUS. Ceratodevus, subg. Merismodems, Wesfcwood, Trans. Ent. Soc. , 1847, p. 23. Merismoderus, Lacordaire, Gen. Col. ii, 18-54, p. 11; Raffray, Mus. Paris, (2) viii, 1885, p. 341. Somewhat elongate, and a little compressed ; head variable, eyesvery small; antenna? formed apparently of six joints, of whichthe first is comparatively large, and the remaining five, thoughapparently distinct, are soldered together; maxilla? with twolobes, the inner large and bifid at the apex, the outer very small ;maxillary palpi large and compressed, the third joint being broadand dilated and much larger than all the rest together; the firsttwo joints are very small, and the last two small, narrow, cylindrical,and curved, the last being truncate at the apex ; labial palpi three-jointed, the first joint very small, the second and third large,about equal, dilated apically, the apex of the last joint broad, sub-truncate, and slightly excavate; pronotum deeply
Size: 1277px × 1956px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectbeetles, bookyear1912
