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soon procured a number of them, which enabled hirn to give a com- 

 plete history of the Insect, and to ascertain that the individuals in 

 their perfect state, described by Mielzinsky, were the females of the 

 Drile jaundtre on the Panache jaune, Geoff., I, 1, 2; Oliv., Col. II, 

 23, 1, 1, the body of which is about three lines long, black, with 

 yellowish elytra. The female is nearly thrice as large, is of an 

 orange or reddish yellow, and resembles that of a Lampyris, but 

 without its phosphorescence. M. Audouin has published its ana- 

 tomy, and observed that the exuviae of the larva exactly close the 

 aperture of the shell, forming a sort of operculum. While the ani- 

 mal is in its larva state, it remains at the bottom of its domicil, and 

 so placed, that the posterior extremity of its body faces the opening; 

 when it has passed into that of a pupa its position, is inverted. For 

 this observation we are indebted to M. Desmarest(l). M. Dufour 

 has also published some anatomical observations on the male of this 

 species. 



A second, the D. ater, Dej., all black, with the antennae less 

 pectinated, is found in Germany. It is figured, as well as a 

 third, the rujicollis, discovered by Count Dejean in Dalmatia, 

 in a Memoir of M. Audouin^Ann. des So. Nat., Aout 1824 — 

 which, under the title of " Recherches anatomiques sur la femelle 

 du Drile Jaunatre et sur le male de cette espece," forms a com- 

 plete Monograph of the genus, enriched with excellent figures. 

 Both sexes of the remaining Lampyrides of this second division 

 are winged, and their maxillary palpi are not much longer than 

 those of the labium. They embrace a great part of the genus Can- 

 tharis, Lin., or that of Cicindela, Geoff. 



Telephorus, Schoeff. — Cantharis, Lin. 



The palpi terminated by a securiform jointj thorax destitute of 

 lateral emarginations. They are carnivorous Insects and run over 

 plants. Their stomach is long and transversely rugose; the intestine 

 very short. 



T.fuscus; Cantharis fusca^ L.; Oliv., Col. II, 26, i, i. From 

 • five to six lines in length, posterior part of the head, elytra, 

 pectus and the greater portion of the legs of a slate-black; the 

 other parts yellowish-red; a black spot on the thorax. Is fre- 

 quently met with in Europe during the spring. The larva is 

 almost cylindrical, elongated, soft, of a dead velvet-black, the 

 antennae, palpi, and feet yellowish-rufous. The head is squam- 



(1) See Ann. des Sc. Nat, Juillet et Aout 1824, and Bullet, de la Soc. Philom., 

 Avril 1824. 



