444 COLEOPTERA. 



eleven-jointed antennie, which are verticillate, with long hair,';, 



are inserted at the niargiu of the front, and the club is long 

 and loosely articulated. The beetles live under the bark 

 of trees and in ants' nests. The larvee are carnivorous, 

 being very active, without ocelli, and with cylindrical 

 bodies, with four-jointed antennae and long four-jointed 

 legs. Trichopteryx is known by its pubescent body, 

 and laminate posterior coxoe. One species is one-third 

 of a line long; others are still smaller. The larva 



I'-ig. 391^^. ^^^g European T. intermedia Gillmeister (Fig. 391, 



enlarged) feeds on Podurie. 



PiiALACKiDvE E^richson. "A small number of oval or 

 rounded oval, convex, shining insects, constitute this family. 

 They are found on flowers, and sometimes under bark. The 

 elytra have sometimes approximate rows of small punctures, 

 but more usually only a sutural stria. The scutellum is larger 

 than usual, triangular. One of the four genera (Toljphus) 

 of this famil}^ is wanting in our fauna. The other three are 

 separated b}- the form of the posterior tarsi." (Leconte.) In 

 Phalacrns the anterior and posterior tarsi are of the same 

 length. The larva^ are vegetable feeders, living in the flowers 

 of composite plants. 



NiTiDULARi^E Latreille. This family includes small oval or 

 elliptical, flattened beetles, which are sometimes almost globu- 

 lar. The head is suddenly narrowed before the insertion of 

 the antenna?, thus forming a short beak, and the antennae may 

 ^ be partially retracted into a groove under 



the eyes. The larvne are both carnivorous 

 and vegetable-feeders ; they are elongated, 

 with two to four-jointed antennae, three ocelli 

 on each side, with a flattened hairy bod}-, 

 ending in four small, horny, recurved tuber- 

 cles. The pupse may be found under the 

 '^' "■ surface of the ground in earth and sawdust. 



Carpophilns has the second and third abdominal segments 

 short, while the first, fourth and fifth are longer, and the claws 

 are simple. CarpopMlus antiqtius Mels. is a well known spc- 



