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and sailors." The larvae feed on earth-worms, etc. The species are very similar 

 in colour. 



Telephorus fulcus (Fig. 134). About \-fa inch. Yellow elytra, with 

 black tips ; orange-brown head. Common on flowers. 



T. rusticus (Fig. 135). Length, inch. Orange body ; on centre of thorax 

 a black spot ; elytra dull black, covered with grey down. Very common. 



T. pellncidus (Fig. 136). Slightly longer than preceding. No black spot on 

 the elytra ; black eyes, and elytra like preceding. 



T. alpinus (Fig. 137). Very similar, but with less black, and the legs are 

 redder. 



T. lividus (Fig. 138). About J inch. Common on flowers in the South, 

 but rarer in the North. Has dull yellow elytra, sometimes with a black spot 

 on the forehead. 



T. flavilabris (Fig. 139). About J inch. Orange body; blackish elytra, 

 with scanty down ; long antennae. 



T. testaceus (Fig. 140). About J inch. Light brown (sandy) elytra; 

 orange body ; black head and shoulders, shading into orange at sides. 



Malthinus punctatus (Fig. 141). About J inch. A very thin and 

 fragile species. Light brown elytra, with two pure yellow spots near tips; 

 orange body ; black head and eyes ; yellow mouth. Found on bushes in woods, 

 often in companies. 



Dolichosoma nobile (Fig. 142). About J | inch. A rich bronze-green ; 

 shoulders and elytra finely pitted. Found on flowers and bushes. 



Malachius bipustulatus (Fig. I43). A species identified by its metallic 

 green colour, and the scarlet tips to the elytra. Larvae found in willows, etc. 

 Beetle common on flowers. 



Anthocomus fasciatus (Fig. 1436). About inch. Head and shoulders 

 dark metallic green ; elytra black, crossed by two red bands. 



Clems formicarim (Fig. 144). One of a genus which preys on other insects 

 some, for example, entering hives and killing the bees. Shoulders and tip 

 of elytra red; rest of elytra black, crossed by two wavy symmetrical bands 

 of grey. Found under bark, in rotten wood, and on fences. Larvae devour 

 destructive wood-boring beetles. 



Corynetus caruleus (Fig. 145). Pear-shaped ; about J inch ; has a 

 blue metallic lustre ; elytra pitted ; antennae clubbed. Found on decayed 

 wood. Local. 



OcUnus pedera (Fig. 146). Orange-brown, with two symmetrical patches 

 of light down on wing-cases. 



Cis boleti (Fig. 147). Dull brown, with slight pubescence. 



Lyctus canaliculatus (Fig. 148). Brown, with clubbed antennae. 



Anobium domesticum (Fig. 149). One of the Death Watches. A shabby 

 brown. Common in old interiors and woodwork of houses. The male pro- 

 duces a clicking sound by knocking its head against wood, as a call to the 

 female, which answers. The family Ptinidee, to which these belong, are most 



