BEETLES. 101 



the punctate strise dark brown or black. Length, 6-7 mm. It 

 is a common insect. The larvae are often very destructive to 

 the roots of grass and corn. 



A. pilosus, Fabr. (Plate XI., Fig. 6). In this species the 

 pronotum is longer than it is broad, brown or brownish-black, 

 clothed with thick sessile hair. The second joint of the 

 antennse is as long as the third, but distinctly shorter than the 

 fourth. Length, 14-15 mm. It is found on flowers and bushes 

 on the Continent, especially in mountainous localities. 



Genus Seeicosomus, Eedt. 



Wing-cases as broad as the pronotum, and twice as long. 

 The second and third joints of the antennae are equal, usually 

 smaller than the others, and knob-like; occasionally they are 

 very short. The remaining joints are triangular and distinctly 

 dentated on the inner side. The prosternum has the front 

 margin somewhat rounded and slightly retracted, with a 

 pointed projection towards the mesosternum. They are found 

 on flowers. 



* >S^. hruniieus, Linn. (Plate XL, Fig. 8). Elongated, reddish- 

 ochreous, densely punctured. Head and lower surface black. 

 Pronotum red, with a broad black median line, and the lateral 

 borders black behind. Wing-cases finely striated, with the 

 interspaces closely and evenly punctured. Length, 9-10 mm. 

 It is found in sandy places under stones. 



Genus Campylus, Fisch. 

 Wing-cases almost of uniform breadth. Antennse notably 

 longer than the head and pronotum; the second joint very 

 small, and from the third to the tenth more or less dentated, 

 often with a branching extremity on the inner side in llie 

 males. The clypeus is broad and excavated. The prosternum 

 has short projections behind between the front coxse, and is 



