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INSECTS AT HOME. 



sort of cell or cocoon under the ground, in which it casts off 

 its larva skin, and becomes a rather odd-looking pupa, having 

 the end of its tail armed with two sharp spines, by means of 

 which it is able to turn itself about in its cell, from which 

 it emerges, in the spring, a perfect Beetle. 



1. Necrndcs littor' l''S. 2. Scydmaenns tarsatus. 3. Aiiisotoma ciiinamomea, male. 4. 

 Apathidium U^vigatum. 5. Meligethes asneus. a. ScydmtEnus, aiilenna. b. Meligethcs, 

 maxilla. f. Anisotoma, labial palpi. rf. Necrodes, maxillary palpus. e. Necrodes, la- 

 bium. /. Keci-vies, antenna. g. Anisotoma, antenna. 



On Woodci't No. X. Fig. 1, is a Beetle which is closely 

 allied to the- preceding genus, but can at once be distinguished 

 by the shape <3f the antennae, the club of which is egg-shajDed, 

 and not glob>-'lar, and by the shape of the elytra, which gra- 

 dually increas'*- in width from the base to the apex, where they 

 are abruptly truncated. Its name is Necrodes littoralls. The 

 reader will notif^e the great size of the femora (or thighs) of 

 the hind pair of legs. This is a sign that the specimen froiTL 



