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Sp. 1. Anth. fmca. 



Lytta fusca. Alarsh. 



Inhabits dung in the neighbourhood of stables. 



Fam. XXXII. MoRDELLADa:. Leach. 



MoRDELLANa:. Latreilk. 



Head corditbrm, abruptly strangulated at its junction with the thorax : 

 hinder tarsi (sometimes the others) with their penultimate joint en- 

 tire: bodi/ e\eva,ted, arcuate, laterally compressed, and terminated 

 by a point : head very large : eli/tra very short, or very narrow and 

 pointed behind : hinder feet large : ^i6i<« with spurs. 



Genus 189. RHIPIPHORUS. Bosc, Fabr., Payh., Oliv., Lam., 

 Leach. Mordella. Marsh., Limit,. 



Tars j with all the joints simple: pa/p« almost filiform: antenna pec- 

 tinated or fiabellate : scutellum none, or concealed. 



Sp. 1. Rhip. paradoxus. 



Mordella paradoxa. Linn. Rhipiphorus paradoxus. Latr., Leach. 



Inhabits Europe. In Britain it is extremely rare. The larv£e inhabit 

 the nests of Vespa Crabro (the hornet). Mordella paradoxa of Mar- 

 sham, which is distinct from the Linnean species, has been found 

 in the nest of a wasp. 



Genus 190. MORDELLA. Linn., Geoff., Fabr., Latr., Marsh., 



Leach. 

 Tarsi With, all their joints simple: maxillary palpi terminated by a se- 

 curiform joint : antenna simple, or very slightly serrated : scuteUum 

 distinct. 

 Sp. 1. Mord. aculeata. 



Mordella aculeata. Linn., Fabr., Latr., Oliv., Marsh., Leach, 

 Inhabits the blossoms of the crab-tree, white-thorn, &c. 

 Sp. 2. Mord.fasciata. (PL A. jig. 8.) 



Genus 191. ANASPIS. Latr., Geoff., Leach. Mordelt.a. Linn., 

 Fabr., Oliv., Marsh. 

 Penultimate joint of the four anterior tarsi bilobate : inaxillary palpi 



with the last joint securiform : scutellum none. 

 Sp. 1. Anas, frontalis. 

 Mordella frontalis. Fabr., Oliv., Payk., Marsh. Anaspis frontalis. Latr., 



Leach. 

 Inhabits flowers, especially those of the umbellate plants. 



Fam. XXXIII. CanthariDjE. Leach. 

 Cantharid.e. Latreille. 

 Head large, cordiform : 7ieck distinct : mandibles not notched at their 



points : thorax almost quadrate, or cordiform ; elytra flexible : tani 



generally vvith entire joints. 



