Plate 15 



The Timberman. 



Page 120 



This wood-boring beetle is clistinguished by his pair of fine antennse. Those of the 



female (above) may be described as long, but those of the two contending males 



are very much longer. Tliis beetle is very destructive to pit props in coal-mines. 



The grub and the clirysalis are shown iu the lower part of the picture. 



Drawn by T. Carreras, 



