ASOPIDiE. 89 



Asopus CCERULEUS, Buim. Handb. ii, 378, 1 (1835) ; H. Schf. Wanz. vii, 



112 (ISM) ; Koleu. Mel. Ent. iv, 37. 1C2 (1816). 

 ZiCRONA ccERrLEA et iLLUSTKis, Am. et Serv. Hem. 86, 1 & 87, 2 (ISIS) ; 



SaJilb. Geoc. Fen. 19, 2 (1848) ; Fieb. 



Europ. Hem. 346 (1861). 

 Asopus (Ziceona) cceruleus, Flor, Rhyu. Liv. i, 90, 1 (1860). 



Elliptic, pointed in front, entirely glossy blue-green or violet, very 

 finely punctured. 



Head. — Ant evince black. Eyes and Ocelli piceous. 



Thorax. — Pronotum within the anterior margin depressed and 

 strongly punctate ; the punctures stronger than on the scutellum 

 and corium ; on the first third two lobate, slightly raised, nearly 

 unpunctured spaces ; behind these a slight transverse depression ; 

 Scutellum crenate-punctate. ISlytra : Corium within the anterior 

 margin, and the Glavus, more strongly punctate ; Membrane dark 

 brown ; Leys black, with a greenish gloss. 



Abdomen., above, at the base, brown. 



Length, 1\ to 31 lines. 



Not very common in the London district ; taken flying in woods, 

 in the spring. In moss in winter, Mickleham {I)r. Power). Not 

 rare at Scarborough among heather, in April, May, and October, and 

 in the larva state in September (T. Wilkinson). 



Genus 2. — Jalla, Hahn. 



Head flattened, quadrangular ; Pace widened before the eyes and 

 then constricted; apex sinuate; end of side lobes rounded; central lobe 

 narrow, nearly as long as the side lobes. Antennce slender ; 1st joint 

 stout, very short ; 2nd 3-1- times longer than the 1st ; 3rd |rds as 

 long as the 2nd ; 4th a little longer than the 3rd ; 5th a little 

 longer than the 4th. Pyes moderate ; Ocelli small, a little wider 

 apart from each other than from the eyes. Postrum very stout, 

 reaching beyond the 2nd pair of coxae ; 1st joint very broad ; 2nd 

 joint longest ; 3rd and 4th of equal length ; rostral channel very 

 short. 



Tliorax. — Pronotum hexagonal, hindwardly convex ; front as wide 

 as the head and eyes ; anterior margin very concave, angles acute ; 



