ORDER I. COLEOPTERA. 55 



genera by later writers. Few of them are natives of Britain. Their 

 iarvffi live in wood, which they perforate and consume. They are the 

 favourite food of the woodpecker. They have shorter feet than the 

 larvae of most other Coleoptera. The antennae are often longer than 

 the whole body, being in some species four times its length. 



Sp. 1. Cer. moschatus. 



Inhabits Europe. In England it frequently occurs on willow-trees in 

 Jane. 



Sp. 2. Ccr. Textw. 



Inhabits Europe. This is esteemed a very rare British insect; it occurs 

 on willows at the Efford Mills, near Lymington in Hampshire, and 

 near Bristol. {PL 2. fig. 24.) 



Sp. 3. Ccr.arcuatus. The elytra with four yellow fasciae; the first inter- 

 rupted, the others arched backwards. {PL l-fig- 25.) 



Inhabits Europe. Is found on the trunks of trees, but is rare in 

 Britain. 



Genus 23. Leptura. 



Aiilenme setaceous: polpi four, filiform: elytra attenuated towards the 



apex: thorax somewhat cyhndrical. 

 Sp. 1. Lcpt. (juadnfasciala. Black ; elytra testaceous with four black 



fascia;. {PL 2. Jig. 26.) 

 Inhabits Europe. In Britain it is found in the woods of Rent on 



umbelliferous plants. _ * 



Sp. 2. Lepf. Ni/mp/uccc. Hind thighs toothed: thorax and elytra copper\' : 



body cinereous, downy. 

 Inhabits Europe. May frequently be found in ditches on the leaves 



of Is'ijrnphau alba in the month of ]May. {PL 2. fig. 27.) 



Genus 24. Necydai.is. 

 Antennae setaceous or filiform: palpi four, filiform: eh/fra smaller than 



the wings. 

 Sp. 1. Neci/d. coerulca. Elytra subulate ; abdomen blue : hind thighs of the 



maleclavate, arcuate; those of the female simple. {PL 2. fig. 28.) 

 Inhaliits flowers in woods and chalk-pits. 



Genus 25. Lampyris. 



.■I«;oi«<c filiform: {PL 3. fig. 1. a.) palpi four: ch/tra flexible: thorax 

 flat, semiorbicular, concealing and surrounding the head: the sides 

 of the abdomen with papillary folds : the females for the most part 

 are destitute of wings and elytra, and resemble herbivorous larvee. 



Sp. 1. Lamp. 7;oc/i7»c«^ Glow-worm. Oblong and brown; the thorax 

 a^h-colourcd. {PL 3. fig. 1. male, fig. 2. female.) 



Inhabits woods, heaths, and grassy banks in the months of June 

 and July; the female alone is luminous. The light, which is phcs- 



