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THE JOINTED ANIMALS 



sented by the musk beetle (Aromia moschata), figured on p. 3119, a handsome 

 insect of a golden-green or bronzy color, which is met with on willow trees. 

 Among the European species of Cerambytince, the groups Lepturides, Molorchides, 

 and Clytides are best represented. Some of the Lepturides, such as Strangalia and 

 Toxotus are flower-frequenting insects, others like Rhagium are found on the trunks 

 of pine trees. In the Molorchides the elytra are usually short or very narrow, 

 and the abdomen slender and constricted at the base, so that many of the species 

 have a resemblance to Hymenoptera. The European Necydalis major looks like 

 a hornet, but in many of the tropical forms these resemblances are more pronounced. 

 The Clytides are found on flowers, chiefly of the umbelliferous kind, and two or 

 three species are among the prettiest of British beetles. Some of the Clytides and 

 species of Hylotrupes and Callidium are occasionally met with in houses, being 



Prionus coriaritis, female; and Ergates faber, male. 

 (Natural size.) 



introduced in the wood in which the larvag feed. The Lamiince are more numerous 

 than the other Longicorns, and distinguished by having an oblique groove on the 

 lower side of the front tibiae, the last joint of the palpi usually pointed at the 

 end, and the front of the head in most cases turned down vertically, or sometimes 

 even inclined backward, bringing the mouth close to the prosternum. The species 

 of the genus Lamia are few in number and by no means typical of the subfamily; 

 they are clumsy-looking, dull black insects, one of which (Lamia textor) is found 

 on willow trees and in osier beds in some parts of Britain. In the genus Acanthodnus 

 the antennae attain their greatest length, being four times as long as the body in the 

 male. A. cedilis is found in pine woods in Scotland, and is met with occasionally 

 in other parts of Great Britain and even in London, where it is sometimes intro- 

 duced in timber. Among the exotic species of this subfamily, the harlequin beetle 



