. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America [microform]. Beetles; Beetles; Coléoptères; Coléoptères. 202 COLEOI'TEUA OF NORTH Diclidift contains one spcoiea from Texas ; Pnifaria Muls. wn« Kcparatc'l by nie formerly as Antliobateis, but uiiilor falsi; cliunii- tors, so that tlie name should be rejcrted, and the more recent one adopted. The speeics are found on oaeh side of the eontlnent, and have the elytra ornamented with broad bands. Anaspis is also found ou both sides of the continent. THIw Body cuneiform, pointed behind ; hind coxro very large ; hind tib
. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America [microform]. Beetles; Beetles; Coléoptères; Coléoptères. 202 COLEOI'TEUA OF NORTH Diclidift contains one spcoiea from Texas ; Pnifaria Muls. wn« Kcparatc'l by nie formerly as Antliobateis, but uiiilor falsi; cliunii- tors, so that tlie name should be rejcrted, and the more recent one adopted. The speeics are found on oaeh side of the eontlnent, and have the elytra ornamented with broad bands. Anaspis is also found ou both sides of the continent. THIw Body cuneiform, pointed behind ; hind coxro very large ; hind tibiiB short, diluted, triangular; elaws eleft to the base, with the upper portion pectinate ; dorsal segment of abdomen pro- longed, forming an anal style or process ; eyes large, oval, finely or coarsely granulated ; antenna; insertctd in front of the eyes, but not very near to them, Bometinies serrate. Our genera may be separated as follows :— Kyva finely granulatt'il; hind tibim with a small, sul)apioal ridge ; Sciitelhiin nmargiiiatt) ; eyes not n-uchiiig tlie occiput. Toiioxia. Bcutellutn triangular ; eye8 reaching thu occiput; Last joint of maxillary palpi very Olipa. joint of maxillary palpi triangular, or s«curifnrm. Eyua coarsely granulated ; hiud tibia; and tarsii with oblique ridges on the outer face; Hind tibia; with one long ridge, and no suliapical one. Hind tibifP with subapical and oblique ridges. Sphalera Lee, founded on MorihUa viel/xnn Germ., does not appear to be sufficiently distinct from genuine Mordella. (Jlipodes is founded on Mordella iscricnns Mels., and is very remarkable for the structure of the last joint of the maxillary palpi in the male; it is covered on the under surface with a dense brush of short hair, and from the base on the outer side proceeds a long, bifurcated appendage, the branches of which are as long as the joint itself. Mordella and Mordellistena occur on both sid
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