INSECTA. 523 



Sub-genera : Dasytes PAYK., FABR., Melyris FABR., Zygia FABR., 

 Malachites FABR., OLIV. 



Sp. Melyris ccerulea ILLIG., Dasytes cceruleus F., PANZER Deutschl. Ins. Heft 

 96, Tab. 10 ; Malachius ceneus, Cantharis cenea L., VOET Coleopt. i. Tab. 

 46, fig. 7, PANZER Deutschl. Ins. Heft 10, Tab. 2 ; Malach. Upustulatus 

 FABR., Canthar. Upustulata L., VOET Col. i. Tab. 46, fig. 6, PANZER 

 Deutschl. Ins. Heft 10, Tab. 3, &c. 



Malthinus LATE. 



TelepJiorus SCH^EFF., LATR., Cantharis FABE., Drij. (Species of 

 mtJiarides L.). Palps securiform. Antennae 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. TelepJiorus fuscus, Cantharis fusca L., VOET Coleopt. i. Tab. 46, fig. 3 ; 

 Teleph. melanurus, Canthar. melanura L., VOET ibid. fig. 2, PANZER 

 Deutschl. Ins. Heft 85, Tab. 6, &c. On the metamorphosis of certain species 

 cons. DE GEER Ins. in. PI. 2, figs. 5 u, and BLANCHARD, GUERIN Mag. 

 de Zool. 1836, Ins. PI. 168. 



Silis MEGERLE, DEJ. 



Drilus OLTV. Palps thick, conical. Mandibles bidentate. An- 

 tennas serrate or pectinate in males (antennae of females with ten 

 joints obconical, subserrate). Penultimate joint of tarsi bilobed; 

 claws simple. Females apterous, elongate, resembling larvae, far 

 larger than males. 



Sp. Drilus flavescens OLIV., GEOFFR. Ins. i. PI. i, fig. 25, DUMERIL Cons. 

 ge"n. s. I. Ins. PI. 9, fig. 5, male, GUERIN Iconogr., Ins. PI. 14, figs. 4, 5. 

 The larva was discovered by the Count MIELZINSKT 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. i. 1824, pp. 67 77, PI. 7. DESMAREST first discovered that this 

 animal was the female, hitherto unknown, of Drilus flavescens ; Ann. des 

 Sc. nat. n. pp. 257 270; comp. also, ibid. p. 443, &c., V. AUDOUIN 

 Reck, anatomiques sur lafemelle et le male du Drile jaundtre, PI. 15. 



Lampyris L. Antennae 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. 



