84 BEETLES. 



claws either on the front and middle tarsi, or on all ; they are 

 bifid at the extremity. They live on flowers, and the larvae in 

 the ground. 



* P, horticola, Linn. (Plate IX., Fig. 6). Eather flattened, 

 with black or grey hair. The elytra are reddish-brown, rarely 

 with the suture or the borders darker, pitchy-brown or blue- 

 black. It is black beneath, with denser hair than above. It 

 is common in June and July in fields and gardens. 



Genus Anomala, Samouelle. 



Body convex. Antennae with nine joints and a trilobate 

 club in both sexes, largest in the males. Hind femora 

 expanded. Hind tibiae powerful. The claws of the front and 

 middle tarsi are all simple. The beetles live on leaves. 



* A. cenea, De Geer (frischii, Fabr. ; viiis, Fabr.) Pronotum 

 and elytra variously coloured; green, bluish -green, blue, or 

 yellowish-brown, with a green scutellum. The antennae are 

 orange-coloured, sometimes with a black club. It is found in 

 sandy places on the coast, and among scrub. 



Group IV. DYNASTINI. 



Front coxae oblique, enclosed in excavations. Antennae ten- 

 jointed. The males have often horny processes on the head 



and pronotum. 



Genus Oeyctes, Illig. 



Maxillae not toothed; hind tibiae not dentated at the end. 

 They are large beetles, and mostly exotic. 



0. nasicornis, Linn., the Ilhinoceros Beetle (Plate IX., Fig. 9). 

 This is one of the two species, which are the only ones 

 found in Europe. The male has a horn of variable length, 

 which curves backwards, and the female has a horny elevation 

 on the clypeus. The pronotum of the former has a projection 



