. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. Fig. 70.—Bicqjens boleti. Larva X 3. Pupa X 7.(After Schiodte.) of which three or four species occur in India ; they have theappearance of elongate Cassidid^e. The species as a whole varyextremely in form, and it is hard to regard such insects as Blapsgigas and Pcdorus de±~>ressus, for instance, as belonging to the TESTEBRIONTDCE,— 161 same family. The large majority of the species of the group arenot interesting, and have, in consequence, been much neglected. It is almost impossible to give a satisfactory table

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. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. Fig. 70.—Bicqjens boleti. Larva X 3. Pupa X 7.(After Schiodte.) of which three or four species occur in India ; they have theappearance of elongate Cassidid^e. The species as a whole varyextremely in form, and it is hard to regard such insects as Blapsgigas and Pcdorus de±~>ressus, for instance, as belonging to the TESTEBRIONTDCE,— 161 same family. The large majority of the species of the group arenot interesting, and have, in consequence, been much neglected. It is almost impossible to give a satisfactory table of the variousgroups, sections, and tribes belonging to this great and in manyways heterogeneous complex. Owing to the very large numberof species that have been described of late years the older work ofLacordaire and others has become more or less obsolete, and themore modern writers have dealt only with their particular distinctive characters, moreover, are often slight and notvery evident from descriptions. The student, however, can veryeasily

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