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flowers ; possesses the most gorgeous metallic colours ; runs 

 and flies with ease and rapidity. Buprestis. 



Day-chafers or Cetoniites. Larva with six elongate, 

 weak, articulate legs, and the posterior extremity of the 

 body incrassated, soft, and recurved under the fore part. 

 Inhabits and feeds on decaying wood. Pupa changes in 

 the same situations, or in the ground. Imago with antenna 

 composed of ten joints, of which the three or four terminal 

 ones are produced laterally, and form a club ; labrum mem- 

 branaceous, mostly concealed by the clypeus ; mandibles 

 and maxilla pubescent and membranaceous ; colours va- 

 rious and brilliant ; form generally flattened above ; diurnal, 

 flies with ease and rapidity. Feeds on the pollen or honey 

 of flowers. Cetonia, Trichius. 



Cock-chafers or Melolonthites. Larva resembles that of 

 the preceding order. Inhabits the earth, feeding on the 

 roots of vegetables. Pupa changes in the ground. Imago 

 with antenna composed of nine or ten joints, the six or 

 seven terminal ones produced laterally and forming a fla- 

 bellated club ; labrum more corneous than in the preceding 

 order, and not entirely concealed by the clypeus ; mandibles 

 corneous and masticatory ; colour less brilliant ; form gene- 

 rally convex above ; flight easy, not rapid ; mostly noctur- 

 nal. Feeds on the leaves of vegetables. Hoplia, Anomala, 

 Melolontha, represented at pages 52 and 247 , Amphimalla, 

 Omaloplia, Phyllopertha, Serica. 



Sand-chafers or Trogites. Larva resembles that of the two 

 preceding orders. Feeds on decaying animal and vegetable 

 matter found in sand, which it inhabits. Pupa changes 

 in the sand. Imago with antenna composed of nine or 

 ten joints, the three or four terminal ones forming a small 

 round club ; labrum and mandibles concealed and membra- 

 naceous ; colour black. Inhabits sand, particularly by the 

 sea-shore ; seldom flies. Trox, JEgialia, Psammodius. 



