FO BEETLES. 



wing-case has five longer, or shorter, channelled, double stripes. 

 and a raised elevation. The hairs are sometimes rubbed off, 

 leaving the upper surface bare and black, spotted with lighter. 

 1 1 is found in early spring on flowering willows and dandelions, 

 and frequently also attacks garden-tlowers. It is common on 

 the Continent, but is not found with us. 



* C. anrata, Linn., the Eose Chafer (Plate IX., Fig. 10). 

 Clypeus somewhat emarginate in front. It is green, with a 

 ;:;i»lden shine. It is shining coppery beneath. On each side 

 of the suture there is a raised line. It is common in May on 

 tlowers and on the exuded sap of trees. The larvae live in the 

 rooten wood of trees or in ants' nests. 



C. affinis, Andersch. (Plate IX., Fig. 11). Elongated, oval. 

 AVing-cases uniform green, strongly shining. Pronotum flat in 

 the middle, finely punctured on the sides. Process of the 

 mesosternum prominent and rounded in front, much expanded. 

 It is a South European species, which is found in June and 

 July, and feeds on the sap of trees and the spongy galls 

 growing on young oak trees. 



C. marmorata, Fabr. (Plate IX., Fig. 12). Clypeus slightly 

 emarginate in front. It is dark bronze-colour above, with 

 irregular white waved markings. The sternum and sides of 

 the abdominal segments have yellow hair upon them. This 

 l>eetle, which is found in many countries on the Continent, feeds 

 in August on the sap of oaks and willows ; it hibernates, and 

 a])pears again the following spring. The larvas live in hollow 

 trees and in ants' nests. 



* C, floricola, Herbst (rnetallica, Fabr.) (Plate IX., Fig. 13). 

 Cl)7)eus not emarginate in front, or only slightly emarginate. 

 Upper surface varying from green to brownish, with or witliout 

 waved white markings, but not so shining as C. aurata. It is 



