. Coleoptera. Beetles. BEETLES. 351. Fig. 3!I4. — Mnrriella ornata. Fig. 305. — .Unr della octnpuuc- lata. sucked the juices entirely out of tlie wa. of the Mordcllida» arc nut jiarasitic as are those of the three preceding families, but live in fungi or twigs; the larvaOiavc sliort legs, on which the joints are nut dis- tinctly indicated. The beetles themselves are of small size, and, like the IJhipiphoridi'e, are found on flowers. Very tVw of the American species of this family have been reared. "Sir. X. T. Chambers has reared a species of Murdclla from a larva feeding in pith of Te)wio
. Coleoptera. Beetles. BEETLES. 351. Fig. 3!I4. — Mnrriella ornata. Fig. 305. — .Unr della octnpuuc- lata. sucked the juices entirely out of tlie wa. of the Mordcllida» arc nut jiarasitic as are those of the three preceding families, but live in fungi or twigs; the larvaOiavc sliort legs, on which the joints are nut dis- tinctly indicated. The beetles themselves are of small size, and, like the IJhipiphoridi'e, are found on flowers. Very tVw of the American species of this family have been reared. "Sir. X. T. Chambers has reared a species of Murdclla from a larva feeding in pith of Te)wio)ii((, and mentions the occurrence of similar larva' in the galls of Gelcrliia (/solklagiiiis on fiioUJago. The , a family of beetles mostly of snmll size, are gen- erally found on flowers, although some species are inhaliitants of sandy places near the water. These beetles have the head constricted behind the eyes, the lateral suture of the narrow prothorax is wanting, the rounded . Tanarthvus sa/inus, from the Colorado desert- lands, and from T'tah, runs and flies along the salt mud much in tlir same way as do species of Cicindc/ii. The family of the Texkukioxiilb, as usually limited, includes between four and five thousand kinds of beetles, mostly of rather somln-e coloration, although a few species are marked with red or are bronzed. Le Conte and Horn say that, "This family contains a large numljer of genera, possessing in common very few cliaracters, yet linked together by such gradual changes in structure that their classification pre- sents almost insuperable ; The beetles of this family have, according to the above-named authors, simi)le claws, anterior coxal cavities closed behind, five ventral segments which are in part connate, and the penultimate joint of the tarsi not spongy beneath. They may be divided into three sub-families. These are the Tene- bi-ioniua?, having the thinl and fourth ventral segments with a coriaceous posteri
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