114 Mi^s^:.^: 7U.O. iiamimB to ChtlihkVuji . — 



tke kfit of vUcfa k maft aoldbBd M fke tif> (as in die lame of 

 SHBC cf ike species), b Ifgir dna Ae pteoeifii^ ae^gmteaty and 

 •naiBHted Ik- a radaEr aorte ancxo aft tke tip, with a deep dr- 

 iiJh mjii I'iiai •■ eadb side of tkesegHWO^ near tke base, od 

 dbe Helper side. Tliese iaipressiaos htrnvc been doobli^ j re- 

 ^■ded In- MfSFg^ Kkliy and Sjpenoe ^ die obAj bteathn^ 

 apMa ti cs possessed by tke Ksect; bat, as they are not asaafeed 

 ia tke lailiaaij place of spirades in ooleoplEnMs lame, arad as 

 ike oiker lan« of dus haaSiw scdesdtateof dKB, and, Bore- 



ihe wibr&'WMia possesses a series of spiracles on eadb 

 of tke bodr, vUck Mesrs. Kiriiv and Spenoe kave cfver- 

 I consider fkat diese H^acsfaoiB BKt lBn% some other 

 l lribrte d to tkem, and tkit daqr cannot be ^ndagons to 

 Ae txo uniaiiM; at tke extrenalT of tke bodr of the larrc of 

 SBBBe dBpleroas insec&L The ander side of the teradnal Mom e nt 

 of tke bodj [J%. 9i. 6) is (nrni^ed «idi a large flesl^ retractile 

 tri wy r V j ifiiiied as a seventh ie^ and vhick, vken nnen>- 

 ploji^ed, B oonoealed widun a nearij seaaiciicalar space at Ae base 

 of tke tLgiaLnt beneaifc. The larra is toj sindar in its geneiri 

 appearance to tke meat-worm, or larra of Tenelvio moGtor 

 {^^. 9. c, tibe kead seen fiooi beneadi). 



TkelateMr.PaalofStarstfln,in NatfiiBc (the inventor of the 

 insect -net descrfted in the first articie of ntf series), also snc- 

 ceded ia iijaihag the wiie- ^mm to its perfect state. His speci- 

 -apoe described br Mr. Mwsfaam as the Elater obscnms, 

 Suphfns ffves as di<rinft, bnt mhiA Kirbj and Spenoe 



me r e ] J as a Tmetr of Elater Bneatas Lxmrn. 

 Abot the btgi n u n ^ of die present c emmj, these insect were 

 voj iapnioiB; nhenthebteMr. Manfa^kidacommnniratino 

 npon Ae srfijcgr before the Boaid of Agric^are, and Uearise 

 paWiTihrd a fkort note ooncemiDg them m the ninth volnme of 

 dK HmmsBom Tnaaactkms. From these and ii^erlcander's stale- 

 mu iiTi, it jppeais that the wire-woraaB feed (Jueflj on tbe roots 

 of wheat, rye, oats, barler, and <Erass, and dot the insect is not 

 less than five jears in attainii^ its perfect state; so that it maj 

 casSj be ooncerwed that, daiiiij^ so lon^ a period, its ra vages 

 aaaBtbeTenrexleBHive. Indeed, fivm mfermation wlucfa I hare 

 B BCei w ed, I nndetilmd that fh^ are oocasaonall j so injor ious as 

 to render resoviag necessvj. Thej vill also attack tomips 

 {eating to dK centre of the root), potatoes, carrots, salad^ and 

 cdiu ^ Li (Gmrd. Uag^ m. 38L), IMeae, pinks, kibdias, ftc 

 {Bid^p.^S.y. lIr.Spenc3e,inanotepnbfiskedinthe.£il^ndSM:fttm 

 to Etdamdagy, states that thej are p a rtifnl ai lj destmctiT^ for 

 a fern jears, in gardens reoend j coorerted from pastore groond. 

 In the Botanic Garden at Hall, thns ciimuiit anced, a great 

 proportioB of tke amnak soam in 181S were destroyed bj 



