INVEKTEBRATE ANIMALS, 101 



Uiyper Compartment. 

 The Order Strepsiptera. Stylops, parasitic on 

 Bees, closely allied to the Beetles, is placed here 

 provisionally. 



Order COLEOPTERA. xoAjo?, a sheath ; Trrepov, a wing. 

 The number of species in this Order, as estimated by 

 Mr. Bentham in 1871, is 90,000. Works of especial 

 service in naming and arranging the series were, Lacor- 

 daire, " Genera des Coleopteres," 9 vols., Paris, 1859 ; 

 Olivier, "Entomologie," 6 vols. 4to.; Gory et Percheron, 

 *' Monographie des Cetoines." 



Most of the groups include a small series of selected British species 

 presented by B. Cooke, or collected in the neighbourhood of Liver- 

 pool by H. Longuet Higgins. 



Group 230.— Divisions EUPODA, PSEUDOTRIMERA, 

 HETEROMERA. 



Examples of Tortoise-beetles, Cassididce ; Turnip- 

 fly, Phyllotreta ; Lady -birds, Coccinellidce ; 

 Meal-worm-beetle, Tenehrio ; Cellar-beetle, 

 Blaps; Oil-beetle, MeZo<?, Blister-beetle, Lytta, 

 &c. ; also of the division Brachelytra. 

 Estimated number of British species, more than 1,000. 



Group 231.— Division LONGICORNES. Long-horned 

 Beetles. Families LAMIAD^, LEPTURID^, and 

 allies. The group is illustrated by more than 60 exotic 

 species, and by many of the 40 British species. Note 

 the tufted horns in some examples of Lamia. 



Upper Compartment. 

 Series of Long-horned Beetles, collected in Mada- 

 gascar, and bequeathed to the Museum by 

 W. T. Gerrard. 



