412 attempted division of blutish insects, 



Stirps. — Blapsina. 

 Natural Order. — Blapsites, Slow-legged-heetles. 



Larva elongate, cylindrical, with six articulate and one caudal leg. 

 Lives in the dark, feeding on decayed animal and vegetable sub- 

 stances. Pupa changes in the same situations. Imago, with 

 moniliform antennae, the third joint being the longest ; mandibles 

 small but strong, bifid at the apex ; maxillse with a single tooth 

 internally ; wings, particularly the hind pair, frequently wanting. 

 Inhabits cellars, out-houses, decayed trees, shunning the light, 

 and moving by night with a slow, awkward, and disgusting gait ; of 

 uniform dark brown or black colour. (Pimelia), Blaps, Tenehrio. 



Natural Order. — Helopites. 



Larva very elongate, cylindrical, frequently with two hooks on the 

 telum. Inhabits and feeds on decayed wood. Pupa changes in 

 the same situations. Imago, with filiform antennfs ; mandibles 

 sometimes bifid, sometimes terminating in a single point ; maxillae 

 without the internal tooth ; fore-wings generally soft and flexible, 

 hind- wings generally perfect, adapted for flight. Inhabits decayed 

 woods, flowers, &c. Helops, Cistela, Melandrya, Cono-palpus^ 

 Hypulus, Nothus, A^demera ? 



Natural Order. — Mordellites. 



Larva less elongate, soft, and more fleshy ; legs less distinct. 

 Inhabit and feed on decaying wood, flowers, and sometimes 

 parasitical in the nests of wasps. Pupa changes in the same 

 situations. Imago, with pectinated antennse, particularly the 

 males ; head somewhat heart-shaped, and united vertically to the 

 prothorax ; fore-wings flexible, wide at the base, narrow at the 

 apex ; hind-wings mostly without the longitudinal fold. Inhabit 

 flowers ; diurnal, fly and run with rapidity and ease. Mordella, 

 Anaspis, Ripiphorus. 



Natural Order. — Pyrochroites, Soldier-beetles. 



Larva more depressed ; head as wide as the prothorax ; paratelum 

 the largest segment ; telum corneous, and produced into two 

 spines. Inhabits and feeds on decaying wood. Pupa changes in 

 the same situations or in the ground. Imago, with long pectinated 

 antennae ; head exserted, triangular, and porrected, horizontally 

 narrower than the prothorax ; fore- wings soft, flexible, brilliant 

 Jed ; diurnal, flying readily in the sunshine. Pyrochroa. 



