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small and globular, and the third loni^ and slender. The 

 club is formed by a series of joints regularly increasing in 

 size, the last joint being egg-shaped. One of these antennse is 

 drawn on Woodcut XII. Fig. a. The thorax is waved behind, 

 and the body is very convex. 



The species which has been chosen for illustration is the 

 Banded Pill Beetle {Byrrhus fasclatus), which is drawn on 



1. Byrrbus fasciatus. 2. Elmis reneus. 3. Heterocerus flexnosus. 4. Hydrous piceus, 

 male. a. Byrrhus, antenna. b. Elmis, antenna. c. Heterocerus, antenna. rf. Hydrous, 

 fore leg of female. e. Hydrous, antenna of male. /. Hydrous, larva. 



Woodcut XII. Fig. 1. The colour of this Beetle is black, the 

 thorax having a decided golden tinge. Upon the elytra are 

 a number of very short black pfripes, and in the middle is a 

 reddish-yellow band, shaped as is seen in the figure. This is 

 a tolerably plentiful species, though it is not so often found as 

 the Common Pill Beetle {Byrrhus pilula), which is without 



