646 ARTICULATA. 



Hololcpta tmicolor — The One-Coloured Hololepta. Plate Ixviii. fig. I& 

 Of a deep glossy coal-black. Inhabits gardens and sandy fields, in Britain. 



Sperdieus emarginatus. — The Emarginated Spereheus. Plate Ixviii. fig. 

 6. Head and throat black ; back dark brown, elytra dull red. Inhabits Eu- 

 rope, at the roots of water plants. 



Oryctes nasicornis. — The Nose-Horned Oryctes. Plate Ixviii. fig. 3. 

 Chestnut-brown above, pale chestnut below; male with a simple elevated 

 recurved horn on its nose. Inhabits Europe, in gardens, &c. 



ScarabcBus Hercules. — The Hercules Beetle. Plate Ixviii. fig. I. Head of 

 a deep shining black; the male provided with a long incurvated horn ; tho. 

 rax black, with a projecting retrousse horn, somewhat notched above ; ely- 

 tra brown, with black spots. Inhabits the Antilles. 



Melolontha vulgaris. — The Cock-Chaffer. Plate Ixviii. fig. 2. Described, 

 vol. iv. p. 378. 



Tcnebrio molitor.— The Meal Beetle. Plate Ixviii. fig. 7. Described, vol. 

 iv. p. 379, note. 



Diaperis boleti. — The Mushroom Diaperis. Plate Ixviii. fig. 5. Black, 

 with three yellow bands across the elytra. Inhabits England, and is fouud 

 on the boleti and other fungi. 



Helops violaceus. — The Violet Helops. Plate Ixviii. fig. 10. Head, thorax, 

 and elytra, violet-coloured ; legs and antennse gray. Inhabits Britain, ou 

 the bark of trees in sandy situations. 



Mordella aculeata. — The Aculeated Mordella. Plate Ixviii. fig. 15. Dus- 

 ky-black and shining, spotless, invested with silky down ; antennae serrated ; 

 the female with the last abdominal segment prolonged into a point ; ovipo- 

 sitor the same length as thorax. Inhabits gardens in Britain. 



Attelahus coryli. — The Coryli Attelabus. Plate Ixviii. fig. 12. Black, the 

 elytra red and reticulated. Inhabits Europe, and is found on the hazel. 



Paussus microcephalus. — The Minute-Headed Paussus. Plate Ixviii. fig. 

 14. The head excessively small ; blackish-brown. Inhabits Sierra Leone. 



Prionus coriarius. — The Coriarius Prionus. Plate Ixviii. fig. 8. Antenna 

 thick and serrated ; thorax armed on each side with three sharp spines ; the 

 whole insect of a deep chocolate brown. Inhabits the hollows of decayed 

 trees in Britain. 



Megalopus nigricornis.—'The Black-Horned Megalopus. Plate Ixviii. fig. 

 13. Body fawn-coloured yellow ; antennae, legs, and feet, black ; a black 

 spot on the thorax ; elytra greenish drab-colour and downy, with distant 

 dots : the external margin and suture black. Inhabits South America. 



Cassidii viridis. — The Green Cassida. Plate Ixviii. fig. 9. Rich green 

 above, and black below ; elytra with some faint dotted striae ; feet red, and 

 the lower half of the thigh black. Infests the artichokes and thistles of Bri. 

 tain. 



Erotylus giganteus.— The Gigantic Erotylus. Plate Ixviii. fig. 4. Black, 

 and the elytra spotted with deep orange-red. Inhabits India. 



Cocinella Mgallata. — The Fourteen-Spot Cocinella. Plate Ixviii. fig. 18. 

 Orange, with fourteen white spots. Inhabits Britain. 



Eumorphus Kerbyanus.—Kerhy's Eumorphus. Plate Ixviii. fig. 16. Black, 

 shining, the elytra with two fulvous spots on each. Inhabits India 



Pselaphus Herbstii Herbst's Pselaphus. Plate Ixix. fig. 10. Body and 



elytra dark chestnut.brown ; antennae and legs yellow. 



