SPECTRUM. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Body elongated, slender, cylindrical ; head 

 slightly inclined, oval; antennae long, slender, 

 with numerous joints, inserted before the eyes ; 

 palpi cylindrical, short ; labium quadrifid, the 

 two inner divisions shortest; feet simple, the 

 anterior pair being similar to the others; tarsi 

 five-jointed; elytra very short or none. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



We are told that there was a time, when a 

 piece of wood was transformed into a serpent, 

 and even in the present age of knowledge, a hair 

 fallen from the mane or tail of a horse into a 

 stream of water, is believed by many to become 

 animated into a distinct being ; dead leaves shed 

 by the parent tree are said to change gradually 

 into animals of singular shape, and to have 

 changed their place of abode under the eye of 

 the historian who related the wonderful tale ; 



PLATE 37 & 38. B 



