110 BEETLES. 



red. It is found in the nests of carpenter bees and wood- 

 cutting bees. This species has probably also been introduced. 



Genus Corynetes, Herbst. 

 Body elongated. Pronotum distinctly longer than broad, 

 rather expanded in the middle in front. The elytra have 

 scattered punctures. The tarsi have four joints, the first 

 being hidden in the second. The claws are expanded in a 

 tooth-like manner at the base. These beetles live on flowers 

 or on dry carrion. 



* G. cmruleus, De Geer (Plate XL, Fig. 31). Blue or 

 greenish -blue, pubescent, darker beneath. Antennae black ; 

 legs dark blue; elytra with scattered punctures. It is occa- 

 sionally found on rotting oaks. 



Family XXX. LYMEXYLONIDJE. 



Body elongated, cylindrical. Antennae filiform or slightly 

 fusiform, serrated or pectinated. The prosternum has no 

 projection towards the mesosternum. The elytra are not 

 convex at the extremity, but diverging. Both the beetles 

 and their larvae are found in felled timber. 



Genus Hyleccetus, Latr. 

 Pronotum broader than long. Antennae eleven -jointed, 

 serrated or pectinated, with the second joint small. The 

 last joint of the palpi has a tuft of long, narrow lamella in 

 the males, but is thickened and truncated at the extremity 

 in the females. 



* H. dermestoides, Fabr. (Plate XL, Fig. 32). Antennae- 

 serrated. We have figured the female. The male is much 

 smaller than the female, and either entirely black, with only 

 the legs reddish -brown or vellow, or else with the antenme- 

 and elytra yellowish-brown, with the exception of the extremity 



