438 INSECTA. 



when it has passed into that of a pupa its position is inverted. For 

 this observation we are indebted to M. Desmarest *. M. Dufour 

 has also published some anatomical observations on the male of this 

 species. 



A second, the D. ater, Dej., all black, with the antennae less 

 pectinated, is found in Germany. It is figured, as well as a 

 third, the riificollis, discovered by Count Dejean in Dalmatia, 

 in a Memoir of M. Audouin Ann. des Sc. Nat., Aout 1824 

 which, under the title of " Recherches anatomiques sur la femelle 

 du Drile Jaunatre et sur le male de cette espece," forms a com- 

 plete Monograph of the genus, enriched with excellent figures. 



Both sexes of the remaining Lampyrides of this second division 

 are winged, and their maxillary palpi are not much longer than 

 those of the labium. They embrace a great part of the genus Can- 

 tharis, Lin. v or that of Cicindela, Geoff. 



TELEPHORUS, Schceff. CANTHARIS, Lin. 



The palpi terminated by a securiform joint ; thorax destitute of 

 lateral emarginations. They are carnivorous Insects and run over 

 plants. Their stomach is long and transversely rugose ; the intestine 

 very short. 



T. fuscus ; Cantharis fusca, L. ; Oliv., Col, II, 26, i, i. From 

 five to six lines in length, posterior part of the head, elytra, 

 pectus and the greater portion of the legs of a slate-black ; the 

 other parts yellowish-red ; a black spot on the thorax. Is fre- 

 quently met with in Europe during the spring. The larva is 

 almost cylindrical, elongated, soft, of a dead velvet-black, the 

 antennae, palpi, and feet yellowish-rufous. The head is squam- 

 ous and furnished with stout mandibles. There is a mammilla 

 under the twelfth and last annulus, which it uses in crawling. 

 It is carnivorous and inhabits moist earth. 



During the winter of certain years in Sweden, and even in 

 the mountainous parts of France, these larvae and various other 

 species of living Insects have been observed among the snow in 

 such abundance as to cover a considerable space. 



It has been very rationally supposed that they had been swept 

 away and deposited there by those violent gusts of wind which 

 uproot and destroy great numbers of trees, particularly Pines 

 and Firs. Such is the origin of what is termed a shower of in- 

 sects. The species then met with are probably such as appear 

 early in the spring. 



T. lividus ; Cantharis livida, L. ; Oliv., Ib., II, 28. Size and 

 form of the preceding ; thorax fuscous and immaculate ; elytra 

 yellowish ; extremity of the posterior thighs black. On flowers f . 



See Ann. des Sc. Nat., Juillet et Aout 1824, and Bullet, de la Soc. Philom., 

 Avril 1824. 



X t For the other species, see Schoenhcrr, Synon. Insect., II, p. 60, and Panz., 

 Ind. Entom., p. 91. 



