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phorie, proceeds from the last segment but one of the abdomen, and 
seems intended to attract the male. Lampyris splendidula is said to in* 
habit this country, but I have not yet seen any British specimen : ( 
should therefore advise those entomologists residing at a distance from 
London to collect ail the specimens they can obtain, and carefully es< 
amine them : the males may be taken in profusion in the evenings o* 
the above months, if a few females be put in the entomologist’s fold.' 
ing-net as he walks in the above places of an evening. 
Genus 2G. Pvuoc u roa, Fabr. Gmcl. 
Antenna pectinate : thorax orbicular : body elongate, depressed. The 
prevailing colour in this genus is red and black. 
Sp. 1 . Fyroch. coccinea. Black : thorax and elytra of a bright scarlet red ; 
the antennas strongly pectinate. 
Inhabits the woods of Kent in the months of June and July. (Ft- 
fig. 3.) 
gp. 2. Fyroch. rubens. Black: thorax and elytra of a duller red than 
the preceding species. 
A very common insect in the months of May and June, and may be 
found in most hedges where white-thorn grows. 
Genus 27". Cantharis. 
Antenna filiform; thorax (in most species) marginated; elytra flexible < 
the sides of the abdomen with papillary folds. 
This is an extremely rapacious genus, preying upon other insects* 
and even its own tribe. 
Sp. 1. Canth. j'usca. Thorax red, with a black spot; elytra brown* 
(FI. 3. fig. 4.) 
This is a numerous tribe, and forms several natural genera of mo- 
dern authors. 
Sp. 2. Canth. biguttata. Thorax black in the middle : elytra greenish- 
bronze ; red at the apex. (PI. 3. fig. 5.) 
This insect is furnished with two red obtuse vesicles at the base oj 
the abdomen, and two at the apex of the thorax, which are raised and 
depressed alternately. Common on various plants in woods in the 
months of May and June. 
Genus 28. Elater, 
Antenna: filiform : palpi four, securiform : mandibles notched, or bifid at 
their extremities. 
Many of the coleopterous insects have a great difficulty in restoring 
themselves when laid on their back; the apparatus with which the in- 
sects ot this genus arc provided for that purpose is singular and curi- 
ous. An elastic spring or spine projects from the hinder extremity 0 
the breast, and there is a groove or cavity in the anterior part of the ab- 
