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INSECTS AT HOME. 



sort of cell or cocoon under tlie ground, in which it casts off 

 its larva skin, and becomes a rather odd-looking pupa, having 

 the end of its tail armed Avitli two sharp spines, by means of 

 wliich it is able to turn itself about in its cell, from which 

 it emerges, in the spring, a perfect Beetle. 



1. Nccrodos littor" I'j. 2. Poydmnenns tarsatus. 3. Anisotoma cinnamomca, male. 4. 

 Apathidium l.-vvisntum. •'i. Alcligcthcs acnons. a. Sryiliim;nus, niiicima. t>. Mclipcthcs, 

 ninxilla. c. Aniiotomn, laliial paljii. </. Necrodes, maxillary palpus. e. NecroUes, la- 

 bium. /. ^^ecv-xles, ai'.teiiiia. g. Anisotoma, autenna. 



On Woodcrt No. X. Fig. 1, is a Beetle which is closely 

 allied to the preceding genus, but can at once be distinguished 

 by the shape of the antennae, the club of which is egg-shaped, 

 and not globular, and by the shape of the elytra, which gra- 

 dually incroas'^' in widtli from the base to the apex, where they 

 are abruptly truncated. Its name is Necrodes I'lttondls. The 

 reader will notii^e the great size of the femora (or thighs) of 

 the hind pair of legs. This is a sign that the specimen froEi 



