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terminated in a hatchet-shaped joint ; thorax narrower than the 

 elytra; body elongated. 



CLEEUS APIARIUS is of a blue colour, the elytra red, with 

 blue bands ; the larva of this insect is found in bee-hives, 

 where it devours the larvae of the Bee, and does much in- 

 jury ; it is, however, rare. 



CLERUS or TRICHODES ALVEARIUS. This species is very 

 similar to the preceding, but the extremities of the elytra are 

 red. The larva resides in the nest of the Mason Bee, feed- 

 ing on the grubs of that insect. 



COLEOPTERA. CURCULIONID^. 



HYLOBIUS. 



Generic Distinctions. Antennae of twelve joints ; elytra oblong ; 

 legs moderately long ; body furnished with wings. 



HYLOBIUS ABIETIS, which varies from five to nine lines in 

 length, is of a pitchy black colour, with many yellow spots, 

 on the elytra. It abounds in the fir-plantations of Scotland, 

 making great devastation, by destroying the bark; in 1824 

 many young firs were entirely destroyed on Lord Carlisle's 

 estates in Scotland by this insect. The mischief was at first 



