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nated in a hatchet-shaped joint; thorax narrower than the elytra; 

 body elongated. 



CLERUS 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 injury ; 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, feeding on the grubs of that insect. 



COLEOPTERA. CURCULIONID^E. 



HYLOBIUS. 



Generic Distinctions. Antenna 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 



