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in a bottlo containing laurel-leaves, or they will infalli- 
bly maim their fellow-captives. 
Their larvoa, equally carnivorous, foeding upon earth- 
worms, &c., live underground ; but aro sometimes 
found on the surface in groat numbers, even upon 
snow. They are elongate, somewhat parallel, black 
in colour, with white or reddish spots; and resemble 
those of the Lampyridse in having a single eyo on 
each side of the head, no labrum, and the clypous con- 
fused with the head : they aro, however, softer, and 
clothed with a fine velvety down ; and have the head 
exposed, and tho abdominal segments rounded. Mr. 
G. R. Waterhouse has described and figured the larva 
of Tclephorus rvfus in tho Transact, of the Ent. Soc. 
i;, p. 31, pi. 3. 
The perfect insects, which fly readily in the hot 
sunshine, and have long loosely-articulated legs, which 
they use with great effect, are mostly found on 
flowers (chiefly Umbelliferse), and by sweeping in damp 
places : it is not easy to obtain a series in good pre- 
servation, owing to their liability to distortion in dry- 
ing ; tho abdomen, especially in the females, being 
very large and soft. 
Tclephorus clypeatus (Plate IX., Fig. 4) is one of the 
prettiest, owing to its spotted thorax ; unlike many 
of the members of its genus, it does not vary in 
colour or marking. Tclephorus is divided into four 
sub-genera; Podabrus, in which the head is constricted 
at baso, forming a nock, and the tibial spurs aro obso- 
lete ; Ancy strong cha, wherein the outer claw of tho 
tarsi in the female has a very strong spino-liko tooth ; 
Telephones proper, wherein this tooth is less developed ; 
and Rliagonycha, in which both tho claws aro bifid, 
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