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Agathidium nigripenne. Lllig., Latr ., Leach. Sphoeridium ruficolle. 
Oliv. Anisotoma nigripennis. Fabr. 
Inhabits sand-pits. 
Section IV. TllIMERA. 
Tarsi all three-jointed. 
Pam. XLVII. Coccincllid*. Leach. 
Antenna shorter than the thorax: maxillary palpi terminated by a large 
securiform joint: body hemispheric: thorax transverse, the hinder 
margin arcuated. 
Genus 254. COCCINELLA of authors. 
Thorax (even behind) narrower than the elytra: body hemispheric, ap- 
proaching to ovate. 
bp. i Coc. septempunctata (Common Lady-cow or Lady-bird). 
Coccinella septempunctata of authors. 
Inhabits Europe. 
Genus 255. CHILOCORUS. Leach. 
Thorax lunate, without hinder angles : body entirely marginated. 
®P. 1. Chi. Cacti. 
Coccinella Cacti. Lair., Fabr. Chilocorus Cacti. Leach. 
Inhabits white-thorn hedges. 
Pam. XLVIII. Enikjmyciitd.i;. Leach. 
Antenna longer than the thorax : maxillary palpi not terminated by a 
large joint: body more or less ovoid : thorax almost quadrate. 
Genus 256. ENDOMYCHUS. Payk., Fabr., Leach. 
Antenna with the greater portion of their joints very short, nearly cj- 
lindric; tlic ninth joint longer than the one before it, the last with 
the apex truncate or obtuse : palpi with their extremities thicker : 
thighs not abruptly clavate: body ovate: thorax short, with the base 
gradually enlarging from the apex, not narrowed behind : mandibles 
■with their points distinctly bifid or bidentate. 
^P> 1. End. coccineus. 
Chrysomela coccinea. Linn. Endomychus coccineus. Payk., Latr., 
Fabr., Leach. Tenebrio coccineus. Marsh. 
Inhabits beneath the bark of the stumps of trees : this is a very local in- 
sect. In Coombc Wood, Surrey, they occurred for a year or two in 
• Profusion in the months of Mayand June. The larva: resemble the 
female glow-worm, but are not more than a quarter ot an inch in 
length, and are found beneath the bark of trees, particularly those in 
moist places. 
