ENTOMOLOOICAL CAlilNPT 



.YCOPERDINA BOVIST.E. Latr. Leach Sam. Curtis, 

 Endoraychus Bovistae. Payk. Fabr. 



Chesnut brown; smooth and shining : head rather 

 rugose, eyes moderate, with large and prominent 

 hexagons : antennse placed in the front of the head 

 near the upper part of the eye, moniliform or bead- 

 shaped, and gradually increasing towards their ex- 

 tremities : thorax very convex in the middle and a 

 deep channel on each side, the margin much dilated , 

 slightly elevated, and terminated acutely behind : 

 elytra very convex in the middle, much depressed at 

 the base, and ending acutely at the apex : body be- 

 neath and legs pitchy brown. 



Length If to 2\ lines. 



Inhabits the Lycoperdion, or puff ball. 



Tbis interesting and uncommon, or, at least, local 

 insect is the only species of the genus yet found in 

 England. In our excursions we have invariably ex- 

 amined every puff ball that we came to in our way, 

 for the sake of capturing this insect ; and it was not 

 until on a visit to Wiltshire, to our friend the Rev. 

 G. T. Rudd, that we had the pleasure of seeing it 

 alive. In a fir plantation near Kimpton, where the 

 puff ball was abundant, we met with it : it may be 

 useful to mention that it is necessary to introduce 

 the finger into the ball and feel gradually for the in- 

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