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TELEPHORUS ALP1NUS. Gyllenhal 



Testaceous : head lengthened and narrowed be- 

 hind, the front testaceous but black from between 

 the eyes to the hinder part : eyes large, black and 

 very globose : antennae filiform, testaceous with the 

 end of each joint from the fifth with a ring of black : 

 thorax nearly quadrate, marginated, testaceous with 

 the margins paler : elytra long, soft and somewhat 

 paler than the thorax : legs pale testaceous, abdo- 

 men black, with posterior part of each segment pale 

 testaceous. 



Length of the body 6 lines. 



Inhabits the oak in Darenth and Coombe Woods, 

 in May and June. 



The insects of this genus are very numerous and 

 many of the species common : alpinus is compa- 

 ratively rare. The Telephoridse are for the most part 

 carnivorous, and will even devour their own species ; 

 we would recommend that when collecting them to 

 put each specimen loose in a separate pill-box, for if 

 pinned and put into the general collecting box, from 

 the softness of their elytra they are liable to injury. 

 The larvae are elongate, somewhat flattened below, 

 composed of twelve rings, and a flat scaly head fur- 

 nished with two stout mandibles, two small antennx 

 and four palpi ; the body is soft ; the three first joints 

 have each a pair of long, scaly, three-jointed legs, 

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