helocera

pl. [Gr. helos =a nail, a stud, anything like a nail, a knot, and keras =a horn.] Entom.: A tribe of beetles, having the antenne terminated by a knob, of which the joints are sometimes pre ed compactly together, sometimes so separated as to have a serrated appearance. The legs can fold into such a small compa as to allow the insect when alarmed to feign death. Both the larva and the perfect insects are found in cow-dung. The tribe is divided into two families, Histeride and Byrrhido (q. v.). IMG:content-1105.png:[blocks in formation]