360 Mr. H. Donisthorpe on 



Bupkestim:. 



Anthaxia nitidula, L. 



This beautiful beetle is of a brilliant emerald green 

 colour, and, as pointed out by Mr. Holland, looks some- 

 what like a Ghrysis. The Continental form, with purple 

 thorax and, cyaneous elytra, resembles the same model 

 even more closely, as does the reputed British species, 

 A. salicis. 



Throscim:. 



Throscus. 



The species of this genus " feign death " by packing the 

 legs close to the body, when they look exactly like small 

 brown seeds. 



Elaterid^e. 



Mater. 



The Elaters " feign death," and their ability to '* skip," 

 in common with the rest of the family, is no doubt of great 

 use to them. Mr. Holland points out that many of them 

 possess a colour and shape suggesting the appearance of 

 bits of dry brown stick. The bright red species may 

 mimic the conspicuous genus Pyrochroa. 



Lacon murinus, L., Corymbites tessellatus, F., and 

 C. holosericeus, F. 



Mr. Holland considers that the first of these beetles 

 with its mealy uneven surface, and the two others with 

 their uneven patches of silky pubescence, look like mottled- 

 grey weathered pieces of stick. 



Campylus linearis, L. 



This beetle has much the appearance of a Telephones, 

 and, like several species of that genus, it possesses two 

 forms, a red and a blue. The Telephoridde, are known to 

 be distasteful. 



MalacodermidtE. 



Eros aurora, Herbst., Pyropterm affinis, Payk., and 

 Platycis mimtius, F. 



These three species are bright scarlet in colour and very 

 conspicuous. It is most probable that they are distasteful 



