Coleoptera. Vol. I. [Longicornia. Part I.]

2. CEKAMBYCIDyE.Syno'psis of Subfamilies.A. Inner lobe of maxillse obsolete or very small;gula without luentigerous process ;prothoraxmarginate at sides ;front coxae stronglytransverseB. Inner lobe of maxillse more or less welldeveloped; prothorax not marginate at sides;front 00X36 rarely strong!}^ transverse.a. Head more or less elongated and eithergradually or abruptly narrowed behindeyes ;gula with a mentigerous process,which, as a rule, is very distinct ; mandiblesfrequently provided with a ligamentousfringe and molar tooth at base ; wingveinCu. 1 usually bifurcate behind andjoined near middle to Cu. 2.a'. Head very short in front ; antennaeclose to the base of the mandibles ;front coxae subglobular, with their acetabularounded, or exceptionally slightlyangulated on outer sideh'. Head longer in front ; antennae lessclose to base of the mandibles ; frontcoxae conical and prominent, withtheir acetabula more or less stronglyangulated on outer sideb. Head variable in form, but seldom distinctlynarrowed behind eyes ;gula with orwithout a mentigerous process, this, Avhenpresent, usually very short ; mandiblesnever provided with a ligamentous fringeor molar tooth at base ; wing-venationgenerally reduced by disappearance eitherof Cu. 2 or branch of Cu. 1 or of both,sometimes as complete as in Lepturinie,but only in forms which have no distinctmentigerous process to the gulaPrionince.Disteniince.Lepturince.Ceramhycince.Subfamily I.PRIONIN^.Prlonides, Lacord. Gen. CoUopt. viii, p. 16 (1869).Prionidse, Bates, Biol. Centr.-Americana, Col. v, p. 1 (1879).Prioniui, Ganqlb. {Besiim.-Tabell. Europ. Col. vii), Verh. z.-b. Ges.JJYfu, xxxi,'p. 684 (1882).Inner lobe of maxillae obsolete or very small ; ligula corneous ;mentum not covering base of maxillae ;gala without distinctmentigerous process. Antenna? usually inserted close to the baseof the mandibles. Prothorax, except in a few species, marginateat the sides. Mesoiiotum, except in the single genus Phllus,