CHIVES, the common name of A Ilium sekrnopratum. Its bulbs have the usual garlic odour of the genus, and are used in soups and stews : they are but little cultivated. [Attrum.] CI!LiENA'CEJE, Chlmuuls, a natural order of Polypetalous n, flower.bud; b, flower ; r, vertical section of flower ; d, the calyx ; r, the invoicerum ; f, base of the flower, showing the spiral tube formed by the colon of the filaments; g, h, back and front views of anthers; i, pistil ; k, transverse section of ovary ; 1, fruit ; m, transverse section of fruit; n, vertical section of fruit ; o, pericarp, splitting and disebarging its seed ; p, seed; q, vertical section of seed; r, transverse section of seed; s, embryo.
CIILrE'NIUS, a genus of Coleopterous Insects, of the family Ifurpalithr, and section Palellimattes (Deleon).
The species of this genus are all of tolerably large size, very elegant in form, and generally adorned with various hues of green, the colours being rich, but not glossy, owing to the upper parts being more or less covered with a very delicate pubescence, which produces n silk like appearance. Very many of the species have the legs and nntennie of a pale yellow colour, and the outer margin of the wing-casco of the same tint, and some have the elytra adorned with large yellow spots.
The genus C/d+rif jos constitutes a very largo group of the lfarpotidir, which, according to our views, embraces the goners. El:anis and Anodes. We will therefore briefly notice the distinguishing cha racters of these three groups.
All three of the genera agree in having the tarsi of the anterior pair of lege dilated in the nudes, and a bifid tooth in the middle of the emarginntion of the mentum ; but they differ chiefly in the form of the terminal joint of the palpi, rind the difference may be thus expressed Terminal joint of the pnlpi.
Elongated and truncated nt the apex, Colaniza.
Elongated and distinctly securiform, Epomis.
Short and slightly securiform, Dino**.
As regards the form of these insects, the body is generally more or less oval, and very slightly convex : the thorax is almost always con siderably narrower than the elytra, broad towards the anterior part, and diminishing in width towards the posterior. The head is rather long, the eyes project considerably, and are rather remote from the base of the head; the portion of the head before the eyes is rather pointed.
The species are found under stones, weeds, and almost any rubbish which will afford them shelter; sometimes under the loose bark of old trees near the root, but they must be sought after in the vicinity of water.
Of the genus Camila M. Le Comte Dejean enumerates 115 species, a great portion of which are European ; many are from Africa, the East Indies, and North America, but South America and Australia appear to be almost destitute of these insects.
Several species have been discovered in England. Of these however two only have been found in any abundance. Chlamius restates (Carabus marginat us, Linn.) is very common in the south of England, and is found under stones by the edges of ponds where gravel abounds. It is nearly half an inch in length, black beneath, and of a rich green colour above: the elytra are distinctly striated, very finely punctnred, and covered with a delicate pubescence of a golden hue : their enter margin is of a pale yellow colour : this tint is confined to a narrow line towards the base of the elytra, but forms a broad patch at the apex ; the head and thorax are rather glossy ; the latter is finely punctured throughout, and has the margin slightly tinted with yellow ; the legs, antennze, and palpi are yellowish-white when the insect is alive.
Of the genus Epomis M. Dejean enumerates six species, one of which has been found in England. It is about three-quarters of an inch in length ; the head and thorax are of an obscure brassy-green colour and slightly punctured ; the elytra are black, with the outer margin pale yellow; the legs and antennae are also yellow. This species is not uncommon in France and Italy.
The genus Di nodes only embraces four species. D. recipes is about half an inch in length, of a rich blue colour above, and finely punc tured throughout : the legs and base of the antennas are of a reddish yellow colour.
The thorax in this genus (taking D. rafipes as the type) is broader and more rounded than in the genera Chiwnius and Epomis. The species described is found in Franco and Italy.