99 ORDER COLKOPTtRA. 



OoLCTOPHAGCa COKMUTt'S. ( PlalP V, fig. 12.) 



Bn>\ni, .sr«l>n)U?t : elytra rurnlithctl with thirt- r.wn ..i tiir-< r< 1<>*. Male tli<>rax rurnishcd 

 will) two carliil ht'tiXD UatiiiiK forward, yellow, villoM* ou their under Mdes ; luL>rum 

 funii>he«! witli two iK.inted ujaight liorn.H, or iMiiuteti tuUrrle«i : thorax olihe feuiule 

 rurui^hed with two short uotclied tuberch-!* j tiiorgin of the thorai dilated, tuU-rculattr 

 and ."itTrate. 



lli'lojtidiie. 



Tin. colors of this family of iu.>i«cLs are rulher li\ely : their elytra iixe free, and the wings 

 arc iLsually simple. The larva- are found In wood ur under the l>urkof tnt-s : s«jme, in the 

 porffct state, frequent luubelliferous flowers. 



PiTiio AMEBicANfs ( Kmjch). ( Plate XXV, flq. 9.) 



Brown, darker alx)vc, and slightly l>rassy or submetallic ; head and thorax <larker than 

 the elytra. 



T('no)»ri()ni(lao, Blapsidae, ami l^iiioliidae. 



Anatomical cuAaAcrtiRisTics. Tarsi and tarsal claws entire ; sides uf the head {parallel ; 

 •ntt^nna; rather short, moniliform, and inserted Ixneath the widene«l margins of the head ; 

 maudihles short, triangular, tips liiQd ; internal Io|>e of the maxilla often armed with a 

 corm-oiLs tooth ; eyes oblong, and only slightly elevated. 



GiiMiHAL KAuiTs. These families im>>.<hss many similar habits : they avoid the light, 

 and live in damj' places in cellars, ba.sements, stables, etc., or ujxin the gn»unil and luider 

 stones in sandy places. The term tentbrio is derive*! fmm the latin, siguifjing darkness 

 ( Westwoou). The colors art> all dark brown or black. 



In the Ti:.M:BHiuNiD.t^ the body is oblong ovate and depressed, or supplied with short 

 le^^s ; elytra free ; thorax s«iuare, and the head as broad l>ehind as the base of tlie elytra : 

 the palpi are enlarged at the lip ; meiitiuu uarrowe«l at the base. 



In the Hlapsh).*. : Llytra .«-»ldered together; wings oi>solete ; legs of moderate length, 

 hence the bnly is less depres.s<-d than in the former family; palpi three-joluted ; tuon- 

 dibles bifid ; internal loU* of the maxilla armed with a claw. 



lu the PiM»xiiD£, the pnlpi filiform, and terminal joint rather dilated than ha^-het- 

 9h.i|>e<l as in the two preieding families ; mnxilla concealed in a large meutum, which is 

 as wide iK-hiud as before. 



