44. 

 CLERUS ALVEARIUS. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Cleridae Lat., Leach. 



Type of the Genus Attelabus Apiarius Linn. 



Clerus Geof., Fab., Lat. Attelabus Linn. 



Antenna> inserted between and close to the eyes near the clypeus, 

 hairy, 1 1 -jointed, first joint long, curved, second shorter than 

 the third, the five following short, the three last forming an ob- 

 long triangular mass, rounded externally, acuminate internally 

 at the extremity, (f. G.) 



Lahrum exserted, transverse, ciliated, narrowed before and 

 deeply emarginate. (1.) 



Mandibles arched, acute, one having a tooth on the internal edge 

 near the apex, the other having only an irregular edge, thickly 

 covered with short regular hairs on the inside from the base, 

 with long hairs externally. (2.) 



MaxillcB long, the terminal lobe ciliated with long close hairs, 

 inferior lobe with short hairs : Palpi 3-jointed, first joint clavate, 

 third obconic truncated, nearly equal in length to the two first. 

 (3.) 



Mentum dilated towards the base, narrowed anteriorly : Palpi 

 3-jointed, first joint minute, second clavate, third large, securi- 

 form : Lip broad, rounded, pubescent. (4.) 

 Head nearly vertical. Eyes notched. Thorax obconic-ciiUndric. Scu- 



tellum minute. Wings 2. Hinder thighs of the males incrassated. 



Tarsi 5-jointed,Jirst joint very short, nearly concealed by the tibia, 



terminal long. Claws simple {5 afore leg.) 



Alvkarius Fab. Ent. Syst. v. 1. pars I. p. 209- n. 15. Lat. Gen. 

 Crus. and Ins. v. 1. p. 273. 



Purplish blue, hairy. Head and thorax greenish blue, deeply 

 and closely punctured. Elytra closely punctured in indistinct 

 lines, bright red inclining to orange, blueish purple round the 

 scutellum which is of the same colour, 2 transverse fascije, a spot 

 near the apex, and the suture blueish purple. Legs and antenna; 

 purple inclining to black. 



Li the Cabinets of Mr. Sparshall and the 'Author. 



At the time Mr. Marsham wrote his Entomologia BritmiJiica, 

 neither of the species that form the Genus Cloms were con- 

 sidered as British, although specimens were preserved in the 

 old cabinets; Mr. Samouelle has also omitted the Genus in 



