CLASS V. INSECTA. 215 



Agathiclium iiigripenne. lUig-, Latr., Leach. Sphserklium ruficclle. 



Oitv. Anisotoma nigripenais. Fair. 

 Inhabits sand-pits. 



Section IV^ TIUMERA. 



Taisi all thrcc-jointed. 



Fam. XL\'II. Coccinellid.e. Leach. 



Antenritz shorter than the thorax: maxillary palpi terminated by a large 

 securiform joint: hodij hemibpheric: t/iomx transverse, the hinder 

 margin arcuated. 



Genus 254. COCCINELLA of authors. 

 Thorax (even behind) narrower than the elytra : hodi/ hemispheric, ap- 

 proaching to ovate. 

 Sp. 1. Coc. septcnipunctata (Common Lady-cow or Lady-bird). 

 Coccinella septempunctata of authors. 

 Inhabits Eurojie. 



Genus 255. CIIILOCORUS. Leach. 

 Thorax lunate, without hinder angles : body entirely marginated. 



Sp. 1. Chi. Cacti. 



Coccinella Cacti. Latr., Fubr. Chilocorus Cacti. Leach. 



Inhabits white-thorn hedges, 



Fam. XLVIII. Enuomychid.e. Leach. 



Antennts longer than the thorax : maxillary palpi not terminated by a 

 large joint: body more or less ovoid: thorax almost quadrate. 



Genus 25G. ENDOMYCHUS. Payk., Fabr., Leach. 



AnteniKB with the greater portion of their joints very short, nearly cy- 

 lindric; the ninth joint longer than the one before it, the last with 

 the apex truncate or obtuse: palpi with their extremities thicker: 

 thighs not abruptly clavate: body ovate : thorax short, with the base 

 gradually enlarging from the apex, not narrowed behind : mandibles 

 with their points distinctly bifid or bidentate. 



Sp. 1. End. coccineus. 



Chrysomela coccinea, Linn. Endomychus coccineus. Payk., Latr., 

 Fabr., Leach. Tenebrio coccineus. Marsh. 



Inhabits beneath the bark of the stumps of trees : this is a very local in- 

 sect. In Coombe Wood, Surrey, they occurred for a year or two in 

 profusion in the months of ]May and June. The larvje resemble the 

 female glow-worm, but are not more than a quarter of an inch in 

 length, and arc found beneatli the bark of trees, particularly those in 

 moist places. 



