472 



THE INSECT WOBLD. 



thrusts out two little whitish bladders, which pour out a volatile 

 liquid. Its larva lives under stones, and its habits are the same as 

 those of the adult insect. It is very carnivorous, and very active, 

 and often attacks those of its own kind. The Staphylinus maxillo- 



Figs. 465. Staphylinus maxillosus. 



Fig. 466. Staphylirms hirtus. 



sus (Fig. 465) resembles at a distance a humble-bee, on account 

 of its long yellow hairs. The Staphylinus hirtus (Fig. 466) has 



Fig. 467. Pselaphus Heisii (magnified). Fig. 468. Claviger foveolatus (magnified). 



black-and-white hairs. The genera Pselaphus and Claviger, akin 

 to the above, contain little insects which live as parasites in the 

 nests of ants. The Pselaphus Heisii (Fig. 467), less than a line 

 long, lives on the debris of reeds, on the borders of marshes. 



