BEETLES. 1C5 



* C, nehulosa, Linn. (Plate XX., Fig. 30). Ptusty-browh. 

 indistinctly tinged with yellowish-green, and irregularly spotted 

 with black. It attacks beet-root and clover, but is rare. 



* C. equestris, Fabr. {viridis, Linn.), (Plate XX., Fig. 31). 

 Green above, black beneath. The elytra are thickly punctured 

 and finely granulated. It lives on low plants, more par- 

 ticularly on the Labiatce. 



Family XLVII. EROTYLID-ffil. 



Antennae with eleven, rarely with only ten joints, club-shaped. 



Legs widely separated. Front coxae globular, and inserted 



into articular depressions. Tarsi with four or five joints, the 



fourth being frequently very small and enclosed within the 



third. 



Genus Triplax, Fabr. 



Antenna? with the three terminal joints enlarged, forming a 

 club. Body elongated, or elongated oval. They live in fungi. 



* T, russica, Linn. (Plate XX., Fig. 32). Orange, with 

 black antennae, scutellum, and elytra. It is found on fungi 

 growing on apple-trees. 



Sub-family Endomychid^e. 



Antennae attached either between or in front of the eyes. 



Tarsi four-jointed, with the third very small and hidden in an 



excavation in the second. They are found under the bark of 



old trees. 



Genus Endomychus, Panz. 



Prosternum with a projection separating the middle coxae. 



The only British species is : 



* £. coccineics, Linn. (Plate XX., Fig. 33). Deep red, 

 witli two black spots on each wing-case, and one on the 

 middle of the pronotum. It is found under the decaying bark 

 of trees. 



