<J0 BEETLES. 



Genus ColydiUxV, Fabr. 

 Body slender and linear. Antennae eleven-jointed, with the 

 two terminal joints largest. Wing-cases with raised stride. 

 They are found under bark. 



* C. filiforme, Fabr. (Plate VL, Fig. 18). Shining black, 

 with the antennas, legs, and base of the elytra, rusty-red. Tlie 

 last named are rounded behind, with four distinct, raised, 

 lonQ-itudinal striae. It is found in old oaks in the New Forest. 



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Family XIV. OUCUJIDJE. 



Body usually long and flat. Antennas with eleven joints, 

 filiform, or with three larger terminal joints. Tarsi with five 

 joints, frequently only four on the last pair in the males. 

 They are found under the bark of trees, or in vegetable 

 refuse, and are usually rare. 



Genus Brontes, Fabr. 



Body flat, with the pronotum much broader than long, with 

 projecting anterior angles. The antennae are filiform, with 

 ■eleven joints, the first being long and rather thickened towards 

 the end. The males have longer antennae than the females, 

 •and a small crooked projection on the outer border of the 

 maxilkie. They live under the bark of trees. 



* B. p^«?ici^?^5, Linn., is the only European species. It is 

 •elongated, dull blackish-brown, with slightly striated wing- 

 •cases, and is found under the bark of many kinds of trees, 

 including oak, beech, &c. It is very rare in Britain. 



Genus Silvanus, Latr. 



Antennae eleven-jointed, with a three-jointed club. The first 

 •three joints of the tarsi are broad, and densely pubescent 

 ■beneath, the first being as long as the two succeeding ones, 



