• COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS. 
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rather unequal. The elytra are more deeply punc- 
tured ; each of them with three slightly elevated 
lines, and a tubercle towards the hinder extremity 
near the outer angle. The breast is clothed with 
yellow hairs, and those on the legs are of the same 
colour. It is frequently met with in England and Scot- 
land, and most of the northern countries of Europe. 
NECltODES LITTORALIS. 
PLATE IX. Fig. 2. 
Silpha littoralis, Linn . — Marsham. — Curtis' Brit . Ent. vii. 
334. 
In this genus the antennae are considerably longer 
than the head, but shorter than the thorax, thick- 
ening gradually from the fifth joint to the apex. 
The thorax is nearly orbicular, and the mandibles 
have a tooth near the middle. The only species 
found in Britain is that referred to above. It is 
entirely of a black colour, with the three terminal 
joints of the antennae orange yellow. There are 
three elevated lines on each. elytron, the spaces be- 
tween which are very thickly punctured : the se- 
cond line is angulated a little behind the middle, 
and connected with the third by a tubercle. The 
hinder thighs are very thick, and dentate on the 
under side. It is found on the shores of the sea 
and the banks of rivers, under sea-weed, carrion, 
&c. occurring not unfrequently. 
