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l);ile bronze, and with an irregular number of minute white i)oint.s and 

 four hirge white s])ots on the tip of the abdomen. Jt is found on llowerinji- 

 sluubs, and is not uncommon at the west. The l^ur. Inda, Linn., is our 

 most common species of Cetonia. It varies in length from half to two- 

 thirds of an inch; it is of a yellowish-brown color, the elytra s[)rinkled 

 all over with small irregular black spots. It is sometimes troublesome by 

 burrowing into ripe fruit, ami also by feeding upon sweet corn in the 

 milk, riic larvae, probably, like those of other known species, li\'e in 

 rotten wood, as the perfect insects are often seen tlying over chip-yards, 

 probably in search of a convenient nidus for theii- eggs. The E. mclan- 

 vholica is a much smaller species, almost black, with irregular transverse 

 white lines on the elytra. 



CnmasforJiilus, Knoch, contains a considerable number of rather rare 

 si»e(;ios, half an inch or a little less in length, of a deep black color, 

 sometimes with a few small white marks on the elytra. The mouth is 

 l>eculiarly constructed. The clypeus or anterior margin of the hevid 

 is thickene»l, and turned up, and the nuMitum is nuu;h enlarged, project- 

 ing forward so as to almost close the oral cavity, and its sides hang 

 down like two curtains, which suggested the generic name, which means 

 luuKjinij lip. They have been found under stones beneath which were 

 ants' nests ; but their natural history is imjierfectly known. 



(hmoilcrma contains three American and one European species. I'he 

 (). eremk-ola^ Knoch, is upwards of an inch in length, black, with a 

 faint chestnut tint, and with a smooth shining surface. The 0. scabra, 

 V. de 13., is an inch long, black, the elytra being rough, with irregular, 

 coarsely punctured striie. Tyiehius, Fab., is composed of a number of 

 closely allied species or varieties, the type of which is the T. lunulafus^ 

 Fab., a very common and pretty insect, oft«n seen upon llowers in our 

 gardens, basking in the hot sunshine, but readily taking to flight. It 

 is a little less than four- tenths of an inch in length ; the thorax dark 

 brassy green, the elytra more or less reddish on the disc, widely bor- 

 dered with black, and with two transverse white marks on the side of 

 each elytron. The under side is densely hairy. 



\'((h/iis contains three small brown species, densely covered with mi- 

 luite whitish scales. They are easily distinguished by their distant i)os- 

 terior coxa', and their much shortened elytra. 



Sixth Sub-section. WKRKICOPINKS. 



Antenna; serrate or saw-toothed. Food-habits various. 



This sub-section of beetles with five-jointed feet is primarily distin- 

 guished, as its na^ie implies, by the serrate or saw-toothed character of 

 tiie antenna\ The serrate antenna is similar to the filiform in being- 

 slender, and usually of the same width throughout j but diflers from it iu 



