BYRRHUS. BYRRHUS. 
Generic Character. 
-<^n/^27?<?’c]avat8e,subsolidae, i clavated, subsolid, 
subcompressae, \ subcompressed. 
T^HE Insects belonging to this genus have an 
ovate body, convex or subglobiilar in some species, 
with the wing-shells covered by a short pile, and 
tlie head is retracted under the thorax. 
The Byrrhus Scrophularice is a small insect, of 
the size of one of the smallest kind of Coccinellse 
or Lady-Birds; its colour is a dark brown, clouded 
with broken or irregular white bands, and the 
edges constituting the line of division between the 
wing-sheaths is red. This little insect is observed 
to be more frequently found on the plant called 
Scrophularia aquatica than elsewhere. 
Byrrhus Piliila is a larger species, equalling, or 
rather exceeding the size of the common Lady- 
Bird or Coccinella septem-punctata. Its colour is 
a dull brown, with a few obscure blackish lines 
down the wing-shells : it is of an extremely convex 
shape, and, when disturbed, contracts its limbs, 
and lies in an inert state, resembling the appear- 
ance of a seed or pill. It is found on various 
plants, and about garden-ground, &c. the antennae 
