INSECTA. 523 
Sub-genera: Dasytes PayK., Fasr., Melyris Fasr., Zygia Fasr., 
Malachius Fasr., Outv. 
Sp. Melyris cerulea Ituie., Dasytes ceruleus F., Panzur Deutschl. Ins. Heft 
96, Tab. 10;—Malachius eneus, Cantharis enea L., Vout Coleopt. 1. Tab. 
46, fig. 7, Panzer Deutschl. Ins. Heft to, Tab. 2;—Malach. bipustulatus 
Fasr., Canthar. bipustulata L., Vort Col. 1. Tab. 46, fig. 6, PANZER 
Deutschl. Ins. Heft 10, Tab. 3, &e. 
Malthinus LATR. 
Telephorus ScH@FF., LATR., Cantharis Fasr., Dis. (Species of 
Cantharides L.). Palps securiform. Antenne filiform, with joints 
elongate. Mandibles very acute, not emarginate. Penultimate joint 
of tarsi bilobed ; claws simple. Body oblong, soft. Head deflected, 
covered at the base by thorax. 
Sp. Telephorus fuscus, Cantharis fusca L., Vort Coleopt. 1. Tab. 46, fig. 3; 
—Teleph. melanurus, Canthar. melanwra L., Vor ibid. fig. 2, PANZER 
Deutschl. Ins. Heft 85, Tab. 6, &c. On the metamorphosis of certain species 
cons, DE GER Jns. 111. Pl. 2, figs. 5—11, and BLANCHARD, GUERIN Mag. 
de Zool, 1836, Ins. Pl. 168. 
Silis MEcERLE, D¥s. 
Drilus Ourv. Palps thick, conical. Mandibles bidentate. An- 
tenn serrate or pectinate in males (antenne of females with ten 
joints obconical, subserrate). Penultimate joint of tarsi bilobed ; 
claws simple. Females apterous, elongate, resembling larve, far 
larger than males. 
Sp. Drilus flavescens Outv., GEOFFR. Jns. 1. Pl. 1, fig. 25, Dumérin Cons. 
gén. s. l. Ins. Pl. 9, fig. §, male, GuéRIN Jconogr., Ins. Pl. 14, figs. 4, 5. 
The larva was discovered by the Count Mrenzinsxy living as a parasite in 
Helix nemoralis, and the insect which proceeded from it (M. saw the female 
only) considered to be a new genus, and named Cochleoctonus. Ann. des 
Sc. nat. 1. 1824, pp. 67—77, Pl. 7. Dersmaresr first discovered that this 
animal was the female, hitherto unknown, of Drilus flavescens ; Ann. des 
Se. nat. 11. pp. 257—270; comp. also, ibid. p. 443, &c., V. AUDOUIN 
Rech. anatomiques sur la femelle ct le male du Drile jaundtre, Pl. 15. 
Lampyris L. Antenne approximate at the base, filiform, with 
eleven joints. Eyes in males very large. Thorax plane, semiorbi- 
culate, covering head, concealing it. Mandibles entire. Penulti- 
mate joint of tarsi bilobed; claws simple. Females mostly 
apterous. 
