BEETLES. 



l-'iii. 4U1. — (ori/- 

 lu tcs ntjicollit!. 



many other s\ilistaiK'e!S, irs to [lUt tliv ^oods i-oiita'miii!;' inseets into a loosi-ly coveretl 

 tin box iir pail ami to set this for a time into lioiliny water, takini;- eare that the 

 water does not boil over into the box containing the goods. 



The taniiiy of Cj.ekid.k inehides over seven luunh-ed species of beetles, of which 

 nianv have lieautiful (•"Idrati'iii, and a gcMU'i'al asjiect somewhat ant-like. This ant-like 

 appearance is due to their pii'ininenl eyes, their short anteume, their generally long 

 legs, and their elongated prdtlmiax, which is often nuich mirrower than the elytra and 

 slightly narrower than the head. Tin- .-inlcnna', which are nsually eleven- 

 jointed, have the apical joints enlarged, fonniuL;' a more or less comiiact 

 serrate cluli. The posterior cox;e arc Hat, and the tarsi have membran- 

 ons lobes. The larvie of Cleridie are mostly predaceous, inhabiting the 

 bnrrows (jf xylo]ilKigons coleopter;i, or the nests of bees, and feeding 

 up(in the li\ ing Iar\;e which they liml In these >ltn.-il ions ; a few (('0/7/- 

 iittea and Xccruhhi) eat decaying animal m:itter. Many species of 

 Cleridie, as inuigos, freqnent flowers, bnt a large nnmlter of them, espe- 

 cially species of 'riiiiii.(A.<:iiiKis, c.an lie fnund rnnning ipiickly over dead jjinc bark, and 

 piles of freshly-cnt |)ine wood fnrnish the aiiile instu-t-collector luimerons sjiecies. 



The species oi \ecr<ih!(i which ha\c bcin introdnced into America from Eiirojje, 

 are small pnbi'scent carrion beetles of which llie imter three joints of the antenna' 

 form a club. 'I'he last joint of the palpi is long and trnncate. ^\'. civlacvu is about 

 O.l.'i of an inch long and deep vtecl IjIuc, rai'cly greenish, in color. X. i-uficoUi.i is a 

 trifle larger than tlie hist-nicnlioncd s|iccie>, and its legs, ju'othorax and the anterioi' 

 portion of its elytra arc didl red. X. nifj"" differs from X. ciolacca in ha\ ing brown 

 ff o legs. The larva of Xccrnhiu freipients the same places as does llie 



"N 9^ y innigd ; it is of a light, brownish-red color, and its 

 .•didominal se'4inents increase in size ]n)steriorly, so 

 that the tenth segment is o\ cr one-fourth wider than 

 the fourth segment. 



Tli(iiii:rofli:nis .•:iiiii/iiiiii:ii.i is a ]irctt\ red s|iecies 



cro,-7«n(.< s,(«- in which the liLilit icil chira are densch" iiunctate, 

 iltiineu.t. . ■ • _ 



:uul tile brownish-red ])rothora\ i> covered with lonit 



pubescence. Its life history is unknown. ^ 'A /v^s- rl/■«(^?»^^■ is a beau- 

 tiful species from the wotiaii coast of Xorth .\meric.-i. It> length 

 is about 0.4 of an inch i its elytra are yellow, m.arked with \cry 

 dark shiniu'^- blue, its pr(]thora\ is blue, clotlieil with long yellipw 

 hairs, and its legs are bhn'. 



In Tricho(h:,t the club of the anteniuc is somewhat triangular, the 

 Last joint of the labial palpi is dilated, that of the maxillary jialpi 

 only slightlv laigei- than the pcnultinnite joiut. 'P. npuirinx.-A well- 

 known Eni'opcan species, is about 0.(1 (.f 

 an inch liinn'. It-~ '_:'i'ound colru' is deep 

 Ijlue, but three broad bands of yellow ex- 

 tend fi'i>m the o\iter nearly to ■the inner 

 edge of the clvtr.i: the heail, prothorax. 

 and legs are clothed with long [pubescence. 

 The larva of this species lives in the nests 

 of wasps and wild bees, and at linus in ill-ke]it hives of honey bees, where it eats not 

 onlv such half-dead bees as come w ilhiii it^ reach, but nests in the honev-comb and 



Flci. Wl.~ T/iiiii- 



FlG. VH. — Penlijpu 

 carbonarius. 



Vm. 40"). — Tricho(fes apiarius. 



