INSECTS. 
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Lumpyris noctiluca. — The Glow-Worm. 
Plate XCVIII. fig. 17. 
The male four lines long, of a dusky brown colour; the an¬ 
tennae simple; thorax semicircular, surmounting the head, and 
having two semilunar spots ; abdomen black ; last segment pale 
yellow. Inhabits Europe. 
Genus ANOBIUM.— Fabricius. 
Generic Character —Antennae simple, consisting of eleven 
joints, terminated by three larger ones, the last one oval, the 
two others in the form of a reversed cone. 
Anobium tessellatum. — The Death-Watch Ptinus. 
Plate XCV1L fig. 17. , 
Of an obscure grayish brown colour; elytra marked with 
numerous irregular variations, of a light shade. About a quar¬ 
ter of an inch long. Inhabits decayed wood in houses of 
Europe. 
TRIBE IV.-CLAVICORNES. 
Having four palpi, and the elytra covering nearly the whole 
abdomen above; antenna? generally consisting of eleven joints, 
thickening insensibly towards their extremity, or terminating in 
knobs of various shapes, and invariably longer than the max¬ 
illary palpi; tarsi with five joints. 
Genus HOLOLEPTA .—Pay hull. 
Generic Character .—Body greatly depressed; chin deeply 
notched ; exterior lobe of the jaws and the palpi elongated, and 
the joints of the palpi cylindrical; the pre-sternum not covering 
the mouth. 
Hololepta unicolor .— The One-Oolocred Hololepta. 
Plate XCVIII. fig. 16. 
Of a deep glossy coal-black. Inhabits gardens and sandy 
fields, in Britain. 
TRIBE V.-PALP1CORNES. 
The antennae are short, and composed of six or nine joints 
inserted in a deep groove, under the lateral border of the head, 
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