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Title: Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Fowler, W. W. (William Weekes), 1849-1923
Subjects: Tiger beetles Ground beetles Beetles
Publisher: London : Taylor and Francis
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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at apex ivith asmall tuft of hairs; abdomen with five visible ventral segments;episterna of metasternum very broad, parallel-sided ; size very large(2\-3 inches). The position of the large and conspicuous insects which con-stitute this family has been much disputed. In facies they bear aresemblance to the Longicorn Prioninje, and have been placed byseveral authors of repute among the Longicornia ; others agaiuhave classed them with the Lucanidjs, and others with theOucujidjs. They are, however, distinctly Heteromera, and arenow generally regarded as such. They are only found in theIndian and Inclo-Malayan regions, in the forests of the Himalayas, TEICTENOTOMIDJE. 175 Ceylon, Tenasserim, and Borneo. The larva has recently beendiscovered* and has been described and figured by Mr. G. Gr. Grahan(Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. 1908, p. 275, pi. vi, fig. 1). It is nearly4; inches long, parallel-sided, but uneven in outline, as thesegments are narrowed in front and behind; the head is large Fig. 80.
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and! the first abdominal segment is short; the last segmentis narrower than the preceding and terminates in two short,bent processes; the legs are distinct, but not long. Thegeneral appearance is that of a very large Pyrochroa larva, andthis family ought perhaps to be placed near the Pyrochroid^. * The perfect insect has not been bred from the larva, but it is practicallycertain that the latter must be referred to the Tricte.votomidj:. 176 INTRODUCTION. Division 5. PHYTOPHAGA. There has been considerable doubt as regards the constitutionof this group, which is here regarded as including the Lariid^e(Bruchid^), Cerambycid^e and Lamiid^e (Longicornia), andChrysomelid^e. These families vary much in size, shape, andcoloration, but are all plant-feeders, as the name implies.The members of the group, as at present known, are verynumerous and must amount to nearly 40,000; this, however,probably represents only a fraction or the species at presentexisting on the globe. The following are the c

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