5o Insecta. PterocUcera, 



Hispe atre. Olit. Encjcl. m4th. , Hist. nat. , torri, 7, 



V- 99- 



Hispe tres-noire. Latr. Hist. nat. dcs Crust. et des Insecf., 

 lom. 12 , p. 19; ct tom. 1 1 , tah. 90, Jig. 6. 



Hispa spinosa. Fab. System. eleut. , tom. i,p. 58. 



Hispa atra. Patxz. Faun. Inscct. Germ. , fasc. 96 , j^^. 8. 



Criocere chdtaigne noire. Geoff, Hist. des Insect. , tom. 1 , 

 p. 243. ^ 



Habitat in Europa Australi, graminibus, frequens in Gallia j 

 Meridionali. 



B. yintennarum basis thorace scepissime occultata ; caput ho~ 

 rizontaliter sub thorace absconditum aut in illius incisuru 

 antica receptum j ore in sterno antico excipiendo. 



( Corpus clypeiforme, suhorbiculare, infraplanum; disco sursum 

 eleuato ; thorace scepius semicirculari ; elytrorum limbo sce- 

 pius dilatato. ) 



CCCXXII. Genus. Imatidium. Imalidie. 



Imatidiuni , FAJiRicii. 



Antennce penitus exsertae , acl basin tborace non oc- 

 cultatae. 



Corpus subquadratum. Thorax transverso-subquadra- 

 tus, marginatus; lateribus rotundatis ; margine antico 

 recta traxisverso, in nonnullis emargiuato. 



Spec. 1. Tmatibjum: Leayanum. Imatidie de Leay. 



I. Pallide rufescenli-flavidum, nltidum; antennis ( basi ex- 

 cepla) tarsisque nigi"is ; tliorace valde marginato , canaliculato , 

 antice late emarginato ; raarginis postici medio in angulum 

 seulellarem dilatato ; elylris violaceis, profunde impresso-punc- 

 tatis, rugosis , lineis aliquot elevatis, confusis. 



Tab. XI, Jig. 7. 



In honorem domini Alex. Macleaj' , angli , rerum nalura- 

 lium doclrina prEecelleulIs, qui insectis preliosis plurimis mc 



