172 sgRBicoBNiA. [Trichodee. 



to the same, a little before middle, a broader fascia behind middle, and 

 a third before apex (riot reaching sides), purplish-blue ; upper surface 

 depressed, distinctly but not strongly punctured, with a plain inter- 

 mixture of smaller punctures ; legs metallic, bluish or greenish, very 

 hairy. L. 10-16 mm. 



On flowers, Umbelliferse, Ac. ; doubtfully indigenous ; Manchester ; Dorking, 

 one specimen taken in June (Waterhouse) ; there is a specimen in Dr. Power's col- 

 lection, without locality, taken by Mr. Buxton ; these specimens are probably 

 importations, as they might easily be imported in the larval state in foreign bee- 

 hives. 



(T. apiarius, L. Very like the preceding, but it may easily be 

 distinguished by having two fasciae on the elytra and the apex purplish- 

 blue, whereas in T. alvearius there are three cyaneous fasciae and the 

 apex is orange-red ; the head and thorax are more finely punctured, and 

 the elytra are a little more shiny and less pubescent. L. 10-16 mm. 



On flowers ; Coombe Wood, near Dover ; Norfolk ; Manchester ; Xew Forest ; if 

 these specimens are authentic, the same remarks probably apply to them as to the 

 preceding; the insects were not considered indigenous by the old authors Harsham 

 and Samouelle. 



COEYNETINA. 



This tribe contains a few genera, of which the most important are 

 Necrobia and Corynetes ; they are small, brightly coloured insects with 

 strongly clavate antennae, and with the apical joint of all the palpi 

 not or comparatively slightly enlarged ; in both the perfect and the 

 larval state they are found in carcases, old bones, skins and other 

 animal mutter, on which they feed ; the larvae do not appear to differ 

 materially in structure from those of the preceding tribes ; four genera 

 occur in Europe, of which two are found in Britain. 



I. Club of antennae compact, with the penultimate joints 



strongly transverse ; eyes glabrous NECROBIA, Latr. 



II. Club of antennas loose, with the penultimate joints not, 



or hardly, transverse ; eyes hairy COETNETES, Herbst. 



NECROBIA, Latreille. 



About a dozen species are contained in this genus, three of which are 

 found in Europe, and the remainder occur in Africa, India, Ceylon, 

 the Australian region, &c. ; through their compact round club they 

 afford the strongest approach to the Ciavicornia. No notice of this 

 genus is complete without a reference to the fact that one of the species, 

 N. ruficollis, saved the life of the celebrated Latreille : when imprisoned 

 at Bordeaux during the French Revolution, he found a specimen of the 

 insect on the walls of his cell, and sent it to M. Bory de St. Vincent, 

 whom he knew to be interested in Entomology, and who had influence 

 enough to secure his release ; as he himself says, " Renfermc dans un 



