CLASS V. IXSF.CTA. 



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-Agathidium nigrijienne. //%., Lutr.^ Ixach. Sj>liarid"mm ruficolle. 



Olir. Anisotoma nigripenuis. Fu^r. 

 Inhabits sand-pits. 



Section IV. TRIMERA. 



Tarsi all threc-jointcd. 



Fam. XLVII. Coccixf.li.id.f.. Leach. 



Antenna sliurtcr than the thorax: maxillary palpi terminated by a large 

 iccurifunn joint: bodij hemispheric: Ihurav transverse, tlie loinder 

 margin arcuated. 



Genus 251. COCCINELLA of authors. 

 Thorax (even beliind) narrower tlian tlic elytra : hody hemispheric, ap- 

 proaching to ovate. 

 Sp. 1. Coc. sept cm pane tat a (Common Lady-cow or Lady-bird). 

 Coccinella septempunctata of authors. 

 Inhabits Europe. 



Genus 2:.,>. CIIIT.OCORUS. Ixach. 

 Thorax lunate, without liinder angles: boxly entirely marginated. 



Sp. 1. Chi. Cacti. 



Coccinella Cacti. Latr., Fair. Chilocorus Cacti. Leach. 



Inhabits white-thorn hedges. 



Fam. XLVIII. Endomyciiid.?:. Leach. 



^H/fH/irf longer than tlie thorax: ma lillary palpi not terminated by a 

 large joint : body more or less ovoid : thorax almost quadrate. 

 Genus 250. ENDOMYCIIUS. Payk., Fabr., Leach. 



Antenna: with the greater iK)rtion of their joints verj' short, nearly cy- 

 lindric ; the ninth joint longer than the one before it, the last with 

 tlie apex truncate or obtuse: palpi with their extremities thicker: 

 thighs not abruittly clavate: body ovate : thorax short, with the base 

 gradually enlarging from the apex, not narrowed beliind : mandibles 

 with their points distinctly bifid or bidentate. 



Sp. 1. End. cocc incus. 



Chrysomela coccinea. Linn. Endomychus coccineus. Payk., Latr., 

 Fabr., Leach. Tenebrio coccineus. Marsh. 



Inhabits beneatli the bark of the stumps of trees : this is a ver}' local in- 

 sect. In Coombe Wood, Surrey, they occurred for a year or two in 

 profusion in tlie months of May and June. The lar\a; resemble the 

 female glow-worm, but are not more tlian a quarter of an inch in 

 length, and are found beneatli the bark of trees, particularly those in 

 moist places. 



