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C. ihoracicus, Fabr. (Plate X., Fig. 19). Black, with thin 

 whitish hair, and with the pronotuni light red. The larva 

 lives in deciduous trees. 



C. ruficoUiSy Linn. Eather smaller than the last. The 

 pronotum is coral-red, with the hind border and the anterior 

 third black. It is common in pine-woods on the Continent, 

 and the larVa lives in pine. 



Genus Melanotus, Eschsch. 



Scutellum oblong. Antennae dentated. The second and 

 third joints are much smaller than the rest, and roundish. 

 The front of the head has a shallow curve anteriorly. The 

 pronotum is gradually narrowed in front. The elytra are 

 long, and widest in front. They are found on flowers. The 

 larvae live in the wood of old trees, and the beetles are often 

 found in large numbers there too. 



* M. castanipesy Payk. (Plate X., Fig. 20). Pitchy-black or 

 pitchy-brown. Antenme and legs reddish-brown. The pronotum 

 is scarcely rounded at the sides, but narrowed from the middle 

 i;owards the front. It is thickly punctured on the sides, 

 and in a more scattered manner in the middle. The elytra 

 are slightly punctate-striate, with finely-punctured interspaces. 

 Length, 18-20 mm. It is found in mountainous districts in 

 many parts of Europe. 



Genus Limonius, Eschsch. 



Antennae strong, laterally compressed ; the second and third 

 joints are small, the fourth to the tenth more or less broadly 

 trianguMr, the eleventh elongated oval. The head is strongly 

 depressed. The pronotum is somewhat convex, slightly 

 narrowed in front, the hinder angles being obtuse, and 

 occasionally elbowed. Elytra about as broad as the pronotum 



