DG BEETLES. 



or light brown colour, marbled with white. The elytra are 

 finely striated. It is common on flowers, the larvae in moss. 



Genus Elatee, Linn. (Ampedus, Germ.) 



The prosternum has an obtuse projection towards the 

 mesosternum, and is without grooves for the antennae. The 

 antennae are dentated from the fourth joint, rarely from the 

 third ; the second joint is small, the third a little smaller, and 

 the others triangular, the terminal one not being truncated at 

 the end. The pronotum is as long as, or longer than, it is 

 broad, and narrowed in front. The elytra are as wide as the 

 pronotum. The beetles live on fl.owers and the larvae in wood. 



* E. sanguineus, Linn. (Plate X., Fig. 17). Black, with 

 scarlet elytra, covered with black hair. The pronotum is 

 almost uniformly punctured. It is found as early as March 

 in pine-stumps, in which the long hard larvae live. It is very 

 rare, but has been taken in the JSTew Forest. 



* E. lythropterus, Germ., is very similar to the last species, 

 but is clothed with reddish-brown hair. It is local. 



E. prceustus, Fabr. (Plate X., Fig. 18). Smaller than the 

 preceding. Elytra red, with a black tip. It is found from 

 May to August, and the larva feeds in oak-trees. It is a 

 native of many parts of the Continent of Europe. 



Genus Cardiophorus, Eschsch. 

 Scutellum heart-shaped, appendage of the sternum very 

 short and thick. The antennae are somewhat acutely serrated, 

 sometimes obtuse. The second joint is smaller than those 

 succeeding. The pronotum is strongly convex, the sides 

 slightly rounded, and generally only with a sharp border at 

 the base. The elytra are as broad as, or broader than, the 

 pronotum. They are found in flowers, and the larvae in wood. 



