124 BEETLES. 



* S. coryli, Fabr. (Plate XIIL, Fig. 6). This is a black 

 beetle, with stout pitcliy-brown antennae and legs. The wing- 

 cases are punctate-striate, with grey and brownish scales. 

 It is very common on hazel-bushes. 



Genus Sciaphilus, Schonh. 



Elongated, oval, or nearly globular beetles. The proboscis is 



short and rather flat above, emarginate at the extremity. The 



males are for the most part much smaller and longer than the 



females. They are found in the grass in sandy, sunny places. 



* S. (^Polydrusus) micans, Fabr. (Plate XIIL, Fig. 7). Elytra 

 imiformly punctate-striate, with shining coppery-golden scales. 

 It is common on the young leaves of trees. 



Genus Brachyderes, Schonh. 



Apterous. Elytra very much produced, femora undentated ; 

 front tibiae not curved at the tip. They are found on young 

 fir-trees. 



B. incanus, Linn. (Plate XIIL, Fig. 8). Elongated, pitchy- 

 brown, with shining metallic scales. Antenna3 slender, reddish- 

 brown. It is found in various parts of the Continent. 



Genus Sitones, Schonh. 

 These are winged beetles, with long wing-cases, having obtuse 

 shoulder angles. The antennae are somewhat slender, the first 

 joint elongated and stouter than the rest, the second somewhat 

 longer than the first, and the succeeding joints short. They are 

 found on low plants and arborescent plants. 



* S. lineatus, Linn. (Plate XIIL, Fig. 9). Black, clothed 

 above with brown, and beneath with grey or greenish scales. 

 The elytra are punctate-striate, with the alternating interstices 

 frequently whitish. It frequents clover fields, and is a common 

 and destructive pest. 



