Clje dEaniibinii Entomologist. 



VOL. XV. 



LONDON, ONT., JUNE, 1883. 



No. 6 



DESCRIPTIONS OF A FEW ELATKRID AM) AI.I.IKD l,.\K\ .F. 



I'.V 1'. W. l()()UlI.I.K'n', WOODSTOCK. 11,1,. 



The following \iuxx have the usual elongate, sul)-(\ lindrical form and 

 hard integument of the notorious -a'irr-wonii : ihey all live in decayed 

 wood, and pupate in cells in the wood. 



For the determination of the perfect insects I am indebted to Mr. \\. P. 

 Austin. 



Flatkr nioricollts, Herhst. — Body polished, yellowish brown, palest 

 underneath and at the sutures of the segments ; a narrow dark brown l)and 

 at either end of each segment except the tirst and posterior end of the last 



segment : these bands pass entirely around the 



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the last segment 



tapers posteriorly to a fine, dark brown point : head dark brown, the jaws 

 black: a prop-leg beneath segment 12: length about one inch. 1 found 

 several April 25. and enclosed them in my breeding cage, in whicli was 

 placed some decayed oak-wood and damp sand : tlie first pupa was noticed 

 August 19. and the beetle issued from it on the ,^ot]i of the same month. 



AxDRocHiRU.s FUsciPF.s, jNIels. — Body polished wliite : a brownish 

 band on the posterior end of each segment, and also one on the anterior 

 part of segment one : these bands j)ass entirely around the bod) : the last 

 segment tapers slightly posteriorly, rounded at the end, and usually tinged 

 with brown ; ventral part of tirst three segments pale brownish ; head 

 brownish above, whitish beneath : no prop-leg beneath segment 12 ; length 

 about one inch. Several larv;v were collected April 25, and one beetle 

 issued from these on the 29th of May following. As tlie larv;\; which 

 remained in August were all of one si/.e, I. concluded that this s])ecies 

 requires two years to com])letc its transformations. 



Athou.s cucULL.vrus, Say. — Body brownish black, the sutures wliitish : 

 venter from a little above the spirac:les whitish, marked w ith fi\e rows ot 

 brownish spots, those in the outer rows elongate, forming a broken line ; 

 those in the next row smaller and placed behind the middle of the segment ; 



