ORDER I. COLEOPTERA. 55 



genera by later writers. Few of them are natives of Britain. Their 

 larva' hve in wood, which tlaey perforate and consume. They are the 

 favourite food of the woodpecker. They have sliorter feet than the 

 larvae of most other Coleoptera. The antennae are often longer than 

 the whole body, being in some species four times its length. 



Sp. 1. Cer. moschatus. 



Inhabits Europe. In England it frequently occurs on willow-trees in 

 June. 



Sp. 2. Ccr. Tcitor. 



Inhabits Europe. This is esteemed a very rare British insect; it occiu'S 

 on willows at the Eft'ord Mills, near Lymington in Hampshire, and 

 near Bristol. {PL. 2. fig. 24.) 



Sp. 3. Cer. arcuafus. The elytra with four yellow fasciae; the first inter- 

 rupted, the others arched backwards. (PL 2. fig. '25.) 



Inhabits Europe. Is found on the trunlis of trees, but is rare in 

 Britain. 



Genus 23. Lkptura. 



Antenna setaceous: palpi four, filiform: cli/lra attenuated towards the 



apex: thcvax somewhat cylindrical. 

 Sp. 1. Lept. quadrifasciata. Black ; elytra testaceous with four black 



fasciae, (PI. 2. jig. 26.) 

 Inhiihits Europe. In Britain it is found in the woods of Kent on 



umbelliferous plants. 

 Sp. ■i. Lept. Ni/mphaa. Hind thighs toothed: thorax and elytra coppery : 



body cinereous, downy. 

 Iniiabits Europe. May trequently be found in ditches on the leaves 



of Ni/7npht£a alba in the month of May. {PL 2. fig. 2?,) 



Genus 24. Necydalis. 



Antenna setaceous or filiform : palpi four, filiform : eli/t7-a smaller tlian 



the wings. 

 Sp. 1. Nect/d. cterulea. Elytiu subulate : abdomen blue : hind thighs of the 



male clavate, arcuate; those of the female simple. {PL 2. Jig. 28.) 

 Inhabits flowers in woods and chalk-pits. 



Genus 25. Lampyris. 



Antenna filiform: {PI. 3. fig. 1. a) palpi four: elytra flexible: thorax 

 flat, semiorbicular, concealing and surrounding the head : the sides 

 of the abdomen with papillary folds : the females for the most part 

 are destitute of wings and elytra, and resemble herbivorous larvae. 



Sp. 1. Lamp, noctiluca, Q\ov!-\\oxm. Oblong and brown; the thorax 

 a^h-coloured. {PL S.fiig. 1. male, fig. 2. lemale.) 



Inhabits woods, heaths, and grassy banks in the months of June 

 and July; tlie female alone i.s luminous. The light, which is phos- 



