CONTENTS 



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DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 





BEETLES IN GENERAL. 



An assemblage of Beetles, most of which are described or mentioned in Epis- 

 odes of the two former or present series. (See, especially, 2nd series, 

 p. 81, &c.) 



Ou the plant of Meadow Sorrel (Acetosa pratensis} to the left, are two small 

 Brown Weevils (Curculionidee) , with their globular cocoons attached to 

 the sagittate leaves. Ascending by the stalks of the same plant is the 

 Cardinal Beetle (Pyrochroa coccinea) ; and immediately below, two of 

 the pretty little green "Tortoises" (Cassida equestris), which are found 

 commonly on the leaves of thistles. The elegant Musk Beetle (Ceram- 

 bi/x moscliatus], a Rova Beetle (Staphylinus olens), and a beetle of the 

 family Leptiiridte, form the trio on the left and middle of the foreground, 

 of which the right-hand corner is occupied by one of the common 

 Ground Beetles (Carabiclce). Directly above, head downwards, is the 

 beautiful green and red Malachius bispinosus, allied to the Blister 

 Beetle, and, one on either side of it, a pair of Chrysomelidee (Golden 

 Apples) . Above, on the stalk of the umbelliferous Earth-nut (Euniuiti) 

 is a small black Stapkylinus ; and on the blossom above, two species or 

 varieties of the predatory beetles with soft elytra, of the family Telepho- 



