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CoUym apicalis^ They are ant-tike in shape, their elytra are 
fused together and their hindwings are very small or absent 
altogether. Of course they are thus unable to fly. 
The Ground Beetles {Carabidae) include, besides numer- 
ous plain looking forms, a most extraordinary insect, the 
Fiddler Beetle {Mormolyce phyllodes). This beetle is quite flat 
and its elytra are enormously expanded, assuming the shape of 
a vioHn (see pi. XV» fig. 5). It lives under the bark of trees. 
The Malayan Staghorn Beetles ( Lncanidae) closely re- 
semble the European species. One of them, Odtmtohibis gazeUa, 
from Malacca and Perak, has a black body and yellow elytra. 
Of the Cockchafers {Melohnthidae) a common Singapore 
form is Lepidiodt himacniahh which has two white spots near the 
hinder margin of its brown elytra. 
The giants of the Malay beetles are the Goliath Beetles 
{Dynastidae)> Golofa alias, with its three long horns, taking the 
first place isee pi. XV, fig. 6). Closely allied to them are the 
Rose Beetles {Cetonndae), many of which are of a beautiful 
bronze green colour. 
For beauty the Buprestidae stand unrivalled amongst 
beetles. They are allied to the English Skip Jacks and Click 
Beetles. Catoxantha moiihoiii, of which a specimen from Java, 
presented by Mr. Alfred Lea, is exhibited, has green elytra 
with a pair of yellowish-white spots ; C. giganiea, from Gunong 
Kledang, Perak, is entirely green. Chrysockroa buQueiti has 
yellow elytra with two pairs of large biue blotches ; C. castel- 
naudi is blue with a broad yellow band across its elytra. — Other 
Skip Jacks are the Blateridatf. They include forms with beauti- 
fully feathered antennae, like Oxympterus mucronattts, presented 
by Master Nanson in 1899. 
After these beautiful beetles we have to mention the 
Attobiidae which include some minute and most obnoxious 
forms, like Anobium panicemH, the Biscuit Weevil, This crea- 
ture unfortunately does not confi^ne itself to biscuits, but attacks 
books as well, especially those in more costly bindings, both in 
its adult state and as larva. The latter is generally called the 
' bookworm.* 
The Weevils (Curadionidae) are known by the enormous 
amount of damage they do. Most destructive are the Coconut 
Beetles, like Rhynckophortts ferrugineus and the still larger 
Prot&cerus colossus (see pi. XV, fig. 2). They are chestnut 
red in colour. A remarkably beautiful green and blue weevil 
is Eupholus sp. — Amongst the Bretdhidtie are weevils of extra- 
