35. 

 CRYPTOCEPHALUS BIPUSTULATUS. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Chrysomelidae Lat.^ Leach. 



Type of the Genus Chrysomela sericea Linn. 

 Cryptocephalus Geoff., Fab., Lat., Marsh. Chrysomela Linn. 



Antenmc inserted between and close to the eyes, remote, almost 



as long as the body, simple, somewhat filiform, 1 1 -jointed, 



first joint large, second and third short, fourth and fifth slender, 



the following cylindric, more robust. (6.) 



Lahrum subquadrate, coriaceous ; anterior margin emarginate, 



in the centre ciliated. ( 1 .) 



Mandibles strongly bidentate at the apex. (2.) 



MaxillcE external lobe much larger than the internal : Palpi 



4-jointed, first joint minute, the remainder robust, last joint 



conic-cylindric, truncated at the apex. (3.) 



Mcntum coriaceous, transverse, short : Lip membranaceous : 



Palpi 3-jointed, first joint minute, second robust, clavate, third 



cylindric truncated. (4.) 

 Head vertical, forced into the thorax up to the eyes. Eyes sub-reni- 

 form. Thorax globose, nearly as broad as the elytra. Body short, 

 ovate, cylindric. Tibiae without spurs. Tarsi 4-jointed, three first 

 joints spongy beneath, first and second obtrigonate, third subcordalc, 

 bilobed, fourth cylindric. (5. a fore-leg.) 



BiPUSTULATUS Fab. Ent. Syst. t. 1. pars 2. p. (57. ». "1. — dispar 

 Payk. Fa. Su. v. 2. p. 142. n. 1.5. var. e. 



Black, shining; apex of elytra ochraceous, the edges black. 

 Head and apex of abdomen jnmctured, hairy. Thorax perfectly 

 smooth. Elytra with eleven punctured striae upon each. An- 

 tennae fuscous at their base. Legs and under side pubescent. 



In the Cabinet of Mr. Dale. 



Nothing can prove more completely the rapid progress of 

 Entomology in this country than the extensive additions that 

 have been made to this beautiful Genus within the last twelve 

 years, amongst the most splendid of which is C. bipustulatus, 

 a single specimen having betMi captured by Mr. Dale near a 

 coppice on Parley Heath, Dorset, 1st July 18-;5. 



