58 BEETLES. 



the ground. The beetle is found in spring and summer, and 

 hibernates. It is very destructive to rape. 



Genus Cychramus, Kugel. 

 Wing-cases covering the abdomen except the extreme tip. 

 Antennal grooves indistinct. Prosternum with a conical 

 projection towards a groove on the mesosternum. They are 

 found in fuzzballs, and on flowering shrubs, such as hawthorn- 

 blossom. 



* C, luteus, Fabr. (Plate VI., Fig. 14). Pieddish or brownish- 

 yellow, with yellow pubescence, the hairs being close and 

 sessile. The pronotum and elytra are not punctured nor 

 spotted. It is common on flowers. 



Genus Ips, Fabr. 

 Elongated little beetles, with slightly abbreviated elytra. 

 The prosternum reaches only a little over the front margin of 

 the mesosternum. The species live under the bark, and feed 

 upon the sap of trees. 



* /. quadri^pustulata, Fabr. (Plate YI., Fig. 15). Each wing- 

 case with two bright red spots. Antennse and legs pitchy- 

 brown. It frequents freshly -cut pine-trees, and the larvse 

 live under the bark. 



Family XII. TROGOSITIDJE. 



Body oval or elongated, usually flattened. Antennae eleven- 

 jointed. The first tarsal joint is the smallest. The claws are 

 simple, with a small styliform lobe between them, terminated 

 by two bristles. They are found under the bark of trees, and 



among drugs. 



Genus Tkogosita, Oliv. 



Body flat and elongated, smooth. Antennae eleven-jointed^ 

 gradually and only slightly thickened towards the extremity. 



