EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



NOTE. In all the Plates and references thereto the sign $ 

 indicates that the specimen figured belongs to the male sex, 

 to the female sex, and $ to the neuter sex. 



In the case of enlarged figures the insect's natural size is 

 indicated by a line. 



PLATE I. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Fig. i. Cicindela tuberculata. 



i a. Larva. 



2. Chaetosoma scaritides. 



3. Pterostichus opulentus. 



3a. Larva. 



4. Colymbetes rufimanus. 



4a. Larva. 



5. Staphylinus oculatus. 



6. Dryocora howittii. 



6a. Larva. 



7- Dorcus punctulatus. 



8. Stethaspis suturalis. 

 8a. Larva. 



