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Cetonia inoiio, Fab., May and June. Passe.s the morning gnawing the growing 

 tops o( a. glohe tlnstlo, Ji^chhwjjs viscu-fits ; it. is common in Southern lCurol)l^ C. 

 lihaiii, Gr. and P., April. C. affinis, And., June 13th. Found in tlio south of 

 Europe and Asia Elinor. C. JousseUni, G. and P., May and June. Specimens with 

 the thorax more or less rosy ; like our English rose-beetle, it delighted in a row of 

 dog-roses that were in bloom in May, and which afterwards were covered with fungus. 



Onmodermn eremila, L. It extends to Europe. 



P.UPRESTID^E. 



Chalcophora sti(jinafica, var. qnadriiwt<tlf(, Klug, May to July. Flew among 

 the fruit trees, and preferred to settle on the foliage of the almond ; it extends to 

 Turkey and Persia. 



Capnodis cariosa, Pall., July 27th. With a malformation of the head and 

 one eye only, recalling the tale of the cyclops ; it ilew to the almond tree ; extends 

 to Italy, Greece, and Russia. C. iniliaris, Klug, May to August. Flew among 

 the fruit trees, and preferred to settle on the foliage of the almond ; Dr. Festa 

 noticed it at Tripoli, in Syria ; it extends to Persia. 



Steraspis Ubaiiica, May 23rd. When settled on the almond tree this bright 

 green beetle presents the same contrast to the preceding, which appear as if they 

 were coated with tar, tliat Cetonia Jousse/ini does to C. morio, which seems as though 

 it were stained with ink. 



Acmceudera, sp. ?, June 21st. Thorax brassy ; elytra brown, with an anterior 

 lateral and posterior dorsal yellow line. 



MALACODERMATA. 



Lampyris aniiqua, Br., June 2Stli. Flew to light. I heard talk of glow- 

 worms on the moorland, but did not notice their light. 



Rhagonycha straminea, Kies., April to July. Flew about an eldci' bush beside 

 the garden wall. At Jaffa I noticed Telephorus lividiis among the purple-flowered 

 ISinapis and Vicia sativa in the fields, which in places were aglow with poppies and 

 pheasant's eye, and in company with it Mahtchius marginellus. 



Melyris, sp. ?, July 20th. A blue-green beetle with reddish legs and abdomen, 

 that clustered on the purple globe thistle, Echinops viscosus, when it came into 

 flower, in company with the light red Zygia rostrata, with which it appeared iden- 

 tical, until the longer snout of the latter was revealed by the raagnifying-glass. 

 Mr. Gorham thinks that the two kinds are distinct, and that it is not a question of 

 a blue and red variety of Z. rostrata. 



Trichodes -ii-guttatus, Ad., June 'Jth. In the fields. 



Necrobia rtifipes, L)e G., July. Said to frequent old bones which have accu- 

 mulated around the walls of Jerusalem since the days of Abraham ; it is found in 

 England, Africa, &c. 



HETEROMERA. 



Zophosis orieutalis, Deyr., May to August. This, and its congeners, run quickly 

 over the sandy soil, and herein they present a contrast to sonie of the following, 

 bulky, slow-crawling species ; while in shape they resemble one of the aquatic beetles, 

 suggesting that their proper habitat is the water side. 



Erodius Uejeani, Sol. Found likewise in Mesopotamia. 



