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Famihj Prionidae. 

 ^GOSOJiA suLcirENXE, "Wliitu. Teiuisscrim. 



Fiwuhj Cerambycidse. 



Hammatichekus simulans, Whitu. Teiiasscrini. 



NiKiEus TRICOLOR, Ncwman. Ttiuissc-riiu. 



PoLTZONDS BizoNATUS, White. M;iulmaiii. 



Heliomanes nigriceps, White. !Mauhiiain. 



Clytus semiluciuosus, White. Tcuassuriui. 

 Eatoceka lloYLEi, Hope. 

 Cekoplesis TKICINCTA, l)ej. 



Lamia Waxlichi, Hope. 

 Rosalia. 



Blepepiiaeus srcciNCTOR, Chevrol. 



PuRPURICENUS TeMMINCKI, GlRT. 



EnuYBAxrs sovempuxctatus, Westw. 

 Apomkcyxa aluomaculatus, I'eiToud. 

 Glenea. 



Sub-onlcr XYLOPEAGA. 

 Antennfe short. Maxilh\: with one lobe. 



Suh-onk r P^nYXCEOPnORA . 



Larvre apodal. Head prolonged iuto a rostrum, which may attain to three times 

 the length of the body. Antennas geniculate (bent like the knee), witli its basal 

 joint received into a groove. This sub-order embraces the ' weevils,' which in both 

 tlieir larval and adult stages are so destructive to fruit and cereals. A common 

 example of this class of insects is the little grub or beetle, whicli is so often exposed 

 on cutting open a mangoe. These beetles possess in a remarkable degree the habit of 

 feigning death when alarmed, or touched. 



Family Curculionidae. 



Apoderus, sp. 

 Aerhexodes, sp. 

 Cvriotrachelus, .sp. 

 Cleonus, sp. 

 Lixus, sp. 

 Blostrus, sp. 



SiPALUS GRAXULATUS, Fabt. 



Section HETEROMERA. 

 The four anterior tarsi five-joiuteJ ; the posterior four-jointed. 



Sub-order TRACEELIDA. 



Head exserted, narrowed behind into a neck. Antennae never cluvate (except in 

 Tetratoma). Many species are parasitic. 



Family Cantharidse. 

 Caxthaeis NEPALENsrs, Hope. 



Various species of this genus possess the power of blistering the skin, and 

 are valuable on that account, the best known being the common ' spaiiinh Jly,' or 

 blistering beetle {Canlharis resicaforia). The following extract from Sir J. Lubbock's 

 " Origin and iletamorphosis of Insects " will give a good idea of the curious changes 

 undergone by a near ally of the last genus {Cantharis). 



