136 BEETLES. 



Genus Apoderus, Oliv. 

 Body rounded. Head distinctly narrowed into a neck behind, 

 and hanging as if on a stalk. Elytra wider than the pronotum. 

 They are found on shrubs. 



* A. coryli, Linn. (Plate XIV., Fig. 16). This beetle is red 



or orange, with a black head, antennae, and scutellum. It is 



found on hazel, from whose leaves it constructs a roll, in which 



the larva lives. 



Genus Attelabus, Linn. 



This genus closely resembles the last; but the species are 

 stouter, and the head is only slightly, if at all, attenuated 

 behind the eyes. They live on oaks. 



* A. curculioTwidcs, Linn. (Plate XIV., Fig. 17). Black, 

 with the elytra dark red, as in A. coryli, but with the basal 

 joints of the antennae generally red. It lives on oak-trees, 

 and has similar habits to A. coryli. 



Genus Ehynchites, Herbst. 

 This resembles the last genus, but the front tibiae are not 

 toothed on the inner side. The beetles live on bushes and 

 trees, and the larvas in fruits, shoots, or rolled leaves. 



* B, hacchus, Linn. (Plate XI V, Fig. 18). Eeddish-purple, 

 with a golden shine. The pronotum, antennae, and tarsi are 

 entirely blue-black. It is found in spring on apple and sloe, 

 eating the blossoms first and then laying its eggs in the unripe 

 fruit, in which the larvae live. It is very rare in Britain. 



*E. betuleti, Fabr. (Plate XIV, Fig. 19). Blue or green, 

 without pubescence, larger and more finely punctured than 



* B. populi, Linn., which lives on the poplar. It prepares 

 rolls of leaves on apple and pear trees, in which the larvae live. 



* B. 2'mbescens, Fabr. (Plate XIV., Fig. 20). Blue and 

 pubescent. It is found on young oaks. 



