RHIPIC BRIDGE. 
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Bostrichids and, in bamboo-roofed buildings, is at times extremely 
abundant. Its larvae are supposed to live in the burrows, feeding on 
the larvae of the Bostrichids ; it is probably an important factor in 
checking this pest. We figure Callimerus decoratus, Gorh., as an ex¬ 
ample of the vividly marked species so common in forests ; the ground 
colour is deep blue, the spots are dense white and the legs are yellow. 
Opilo suhfasciatus , Westw., Orthrius hengale, Westw., and other species 
of Orthrius are found in the plains, brown and black species that 
frequent flowers and which suggest small longicorns. 
Lymexylonim:. 
Tarsi of five joints, first and fifth long, remainder 
short. Antennce short, serrate. 
Elongate cylindrical beetles, whose larvae are cylindrical and bore 
galleries in dead or dying trees. They are a very small family and 
doubtfully distinct from both Malacodermids and Melandryids. They 
are extremely widespread and occur in tropical forests in the East. 
Atractocerus occurs in Ceylon and is likely to occur in India. 
Rhagophthalmid^:. 
This family includes two Indian species Rhagophthalmus brevi- 
pennis, Fairm., from Nagpur and R. (Ochrotyra) semiusta, Pascoe, from 
the Nilgiris. 
Dascillid^:. 
Tarsi five-jointed. Abdominal segments five. 
A small group, near to the Malacodermidce and doubtfully homo¬ 
geneous or distinct. Most are American and European. Less than 
twenty species are recorded from localities in India; of their habits 
nothing appears to be known. 
Rhipicerid^. 
Antennce flabellate or pectinate in the males. Tarsi five-jointed , 
the fifth joint with a well-developed setaceous onychium. 
Anterior legs with trochantin. 
A family, closely related to the Malacodermidce, of small numbers 
and but little known. The antennae in one genus, Rhipicera, have 
