^18 SUBKINGDOM AETICULATA. 



Fig. sn. Mg. S7S. 



Cerambyx mosiMius, 

 Long-homed Musk Beetle. 



Sedptus destrv'ttor, 

 Bark-bor^r. 



Fig. sn. 



galleries bearing a rude resemblance to written characters, an 

 ^gg being placed at the tarmination 

 of each gallery. ' 



Curculionidae. — The ^yeevih 

 have a long proboscis for boring 

 holes in which to deposit their 

 eggs. Different species attack every 

 part of a plant. The Plum-weevil 

 makes a crescent-shaped incision 

 into a plum, and its egg hatches a 

 whitish grub that soon penetrates 

 to the kernel of the fruit. Bren- 

 thits attacks hazel-nuts. 



Dytiscidse.— The Wafer-beetles 

 are oval in form, and have strongly- 

 fringed hind-legs for swimming. 

 The larvae are called " Water-tigers," 

 as their scissor-like jaws enable 

 them to snip off the tails of tad- 

 poles, and even hold on to young 

 fishes while sucking their blood. 

 Brenihnsnmwus, vmcniio. On assuming the pupa state, they 



