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INSECTS AT HO:\IE. 



account of its menacing aspect, which was fancifully compared to 

 the giant Tyjjhoeus, who frightened Zeus and the other gods 

 out of heaven merely by his looks. As, however, was the case 

 with its ancient prototype, the Typhoeus is not nearly so 

 terrible as it seems, and its array of horns cannot do the least 

 injury to the hands of its cajDturer. At Fig. b, on the same 

 woodcut, the head of the female Typhoeus is shown. 



1. Typhoeus fntnatns. 2. Cercyon anale. 3. Dorcns parallelopipcdns. 4. AgriUis bi- 

 guttatu^i. r,. Eiatcr sanguineus. a. Agrilus, antenna. ft. Typhoeus, head of female. 



c. Elater, anteniia. d. Elater, head, uuder side. e. Elater, lai-va. /. Agrihis, larva. 



There is no possibility of mistaking this insect, which is 

 the only British example of its genus ; which, in addition to 

 the characteristics that have been already described, has the 

 first and last joints of the tarsus of equal length, and longer 

 than the others. The colour of the insect is shining-black, the 

 elytra being regularly but not very deeply striated. There is, 

 however, considerable variation in this insect, as even in some 



