Plate XX^I. 



Fig. 189. TRTCHODES ALVEARIUS, Fab. [_F. Cleridis. G. Trichodes, Herhst.'] 

 (Clerus alvearius, Curtis.) 



Elongate, blue-black, clotlicd witli long black and grey hairs intermixed, elytra bright red, 

 with the suture, a spot round tlie scutellum, an oblique band one-third from the base, a transverse 

 dentate band a little behind the middle, and a patch at the apex blue-black. Head and thorax 

 thickly and coarsely punctate, the latter with a narrow, central, longitudinal, slightly raised space. 

 Elytra thickly and coarsely punctate, the punctures arranged here and there iu irregular rows. 

 Beneath blue-black, with a dense long grey pubescence. Length, 5-7 lines. 



Very rare. Near Dover ; Manchester. 



Fig. 190. LAMPYRIS NOCTILUCA, L., Curtis. (Male.) [F. LampyridEc. G. Lam- 

 pyris, L.] 



Elongate, slightly shining, brownish-black, clothed with a short grey pubescence, thorax with 

 the margins testaceous yellow. Thorax slightly transverse, faintly narrowed in front; sides 

 rounded anteriorly, nearly straight behind ; posterior angles nearly rectangular, extreme apices 

 obtuse; thickly and ratiier coarsely punctate, with an obscure, centr.al, longitudinal channel. 

 Elytra with the sides nearly parallel, thickly and somewhat coarsely rugulose-pnnctate, each with 

 three longitudinal, oblique, raised lines. Beneath fuscous, the margins of the segments narrtiwly 

 testaceous. Legs fusco-testaceous, apex of tibiae and tarsi dusky. Length, G-8 lines. 



Grassy banks, and margins of jiathways in woods ; widely distributed. 



Fig. 191. LAMPYRIS NOCTILUCA, L., Curtis. (Female.) Glow-worm. [F. Lam- 

 pyridiE. G. Lampyris, L.] 



Elongate, reddish-brown, slightly shining, clothed with a sliort grey pubescence, margins of 

 the thorax testaceous yellow. Thorax transverse, nearly semicircular, thickly and rather coarsely 

 punctate, with a distinct central longitudinal channel. Elytra and wings entirely wanting. 

 Abdomen thickly and coarsely punctate, with a longitudinal ridge in the centre, the lateral and 

 anterior margins of the segments reddish-yellow, apical segment pale yellow ; beneath reddish- 

 brown, the three apical segments pale yellow. Legs fusco-testaceous, tips of tibia; and tarsi 

 dusky. Length, 6-9 lines. 



Grassy banks, and margins of pathways in woods ; generally distributed. 



Fig. 191 bis. NECROBIA RUFICOLLIS, Ft,b., Curtis. [F. Cleridfe. G. Nccrobia, Ln/r.'] 



Oblong, clothed with a yellowish-grey pubescence, shining, blue; thorax, scutellum, base of 

 elytra, and legs red. Head transverse, rather coarsely and thickly punctate, with an elongate 

 fovea on each side between the antenna.' ; parts of the mouth pitchy ; antennaj black. Thorax 

 transverse, narrowed in front ; sides rounded ; base bi-sinuate ; posterior angles obtuse ; thickly 

 and coarsely punctate. Elytra at the base wider than the thorax, slightly dilated behind, eacli 

 with eight rows of oblong punctures, interstices minutely and sparsely punctate. Beneath, breast 

 red, abdomen black. Length, 2-2| lines. 



Common on carcases, and in bone-yards. 



Fig. 192. MALACHIUS MARGINELLUS, Fab. (Male.) [F. Malachiidje. G. Mala- 

 cbius, F.] (M. bispinosus, Curtis.) 



Elongate, green, sometimes with a bine or violet tint, shining, clothed with an exceedingly 

 fine, short yellowish-grey pubescence, and long erect black hairs ; front of head, sides of thorax, and 

 apex of elytra, reddish-yellow. Head A'ery finely and rather thickly punctate, with a broad trans- 

 verse impression between the antennae; anterior portion and parts of the mouth reddish-yellow, 

 tips of mandibles and of jialpi black ; antenna? dusky, the basal joints with a green tint, the four 

 first ferruginous beneath ; basal joint robust ; second triangular ; 3-7 inclusive, with the apex 

 produced into a curved tooth within. Thorax snb-orbiculate, rounded in front and at the sides, 

 less so at the base; lateral margins reflexed, reddish-yellow; thickly and finely piunctate. Elytra 

 a trifle wider than the thorax; sides nearly straight; very thickly and minutely rugulose-punctatc ; 

 the tips with a reddish-yellow patch within; each with the inner apical angle i'ulded in; the upper 

 edge of the hollow thus formed triangularly produced, with a black spine at the summit, and a 

 deflexed, slightly curved, black, spiniform process beneath. Underside brassy green, sides of 



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