60 COLEOPTERA. 



In so large a family we cannot do more than enumerate a few 

 representative genera and species, as in the case of the CaraUdce. 

 Brachyderes Incanus, Linn., is a moderately broad and oval insect, 

 with a short broad rostrum, and the antennae inserted near the 

 extremity. It is about one-third of an inch in length, and is met 

 with on various trees in summer, but passes the winter under moss. 



Naupactus Longimanus, Fabr., is the type of an allied South 

 American genus, very numerous in species. It is an oval black 

 beetle, clothed with silvery-green scales ; the thorax and elytra 

 are streaked and spotted with brighter green. It measures half 

 an inch in length. 



Sitones Lineatus, Linn., is a black species, one-sixth of an inch 

 in length, with a short rostrum, and three pale longitudinal stripes 

 on the thorax. The legs and antennae are rust colour, and the 

 whole insect is covered with scales, which are brown, grey, 

 greenish, or coppery in different individuals. It is very common 

 on clover, and other plants, attacking them as soon as they begin 

 to sprout in spring. 



Several European species are covered with green scales, in a 

 similar manner to the exotic Diamond Beetles, though they are not 

 so brilliant. One of these is Chlorophanus Firidis, Linn., a green- 

 scaled species, in which the sides of the thorax and the elytra are 

 yellow. It is found on shrubs, and is about one-third of an inch 

 in length. 



The Brazilian genus Cyphus, Germ., includes species of con- 

 siderable size, which are of a brilliant blue or green colour; 

 one or two are whitish. C. Illustris, Gue"r., is pale blue, with 

 black markings. 



Otiorhynchus, Germ., includes a number of dull black species, 

 measuring about a quarter or half an inch in length, which feed 

 on trees and bushes. 0. Ligustici, Linn., is injurious to the vine 

 on the Continent. 



Phyllobius, Schonh., includes a variety of species, both British 

 and foreign, several of which are scaled with green. They are 

 rather long beetles, about a quarter of an inch in length, with the 

 antennas inserted near the base of the short rostrum. They feed 

 on the leaves of trees. 



Entimus Imperialis, Forst., the splendid gold-spangled Diamond 

 Beetle, so favourite an object for the microscope, is a native of 

 Brazil. It is black, spangled all over with golden-green, but is 

 said to be quite white on first emerging from the pupa. 



