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.Sp. 1. Antb. fusca. 



Lytta fusca. Marsh. 



Inhabits duny in the neighbourhood of stables. 



Fani. XXXII. Mobdellads. Leach. 



MoRDELLAN*. LatreiUe. 



Had cordi form, Lil)ruptly strangulated at its junction with the thorax: 

 hinder tar.u (sometimes the others) with their penultinuite joint en- 

 tire : 6o(/y elevated, arcuate, laterally compressed, and terminated 

 by a point : head very large : elytra very short, or very narrow and 

 pointed behind : hinder fctt large: tibia with spurs. 



Genus 139. RIIIPIPIIORUS. Bosc, Fair., Pai/k., Oliv., Lam., 

 Leach. Mordella. Marsh., Linni. 

 Tarsi with all the joints simple : palpi almost filifonn : antain<£ pec- 

 tinated or tldbellate : scutelluin none, or concealed. 

 Sp. 1. R/iip. paradoxus. 



Mordella parado.xa. Linn. Rhipiphonis paradoxus. Latr., Leach. 

 Inhabits Kurope. In Britain it is extremely rare. The lar\ae inhabit 

 the nests of l^espa Crnbro (the hornet). Mordella paradoia 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. 

 Jarsi with all their joints simple: maxillary palpi terminated by a se- 

 curiform joint : antcnn<e i\m^\e, or very slightly serrated : scutcUiaa 

 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 4. Jig. 8.) 



Genus 191. ANASPIS. Latr., Geoff., Leach. Mordella. Linn., 

 Fabr., Oliv., Marsh. 

 Fcnultimate joint of the four anterior tarsi bilobate : maxillary palpi 



with the last joint securiform : scutellum none. 

 Sp. 1. Anas, frontalis. 

 Mordella tVontalis. Fabr., Oliv., Payk., Marsh. Anaspis frontalis. Lair., 



Leach. 

 Inhabits flowers, especially those of the umbellate plants. 



Fam. XXXIII. Cantharid.e. Leach. 

 Cantharid.e. LatreiUe. 

 Head large, cordiform : neck distinct : mandibles not notched at their 



points : thorax almost quadrate, or cordiform : elytra flexible : tuni 



generally with entire joints. 



