5o Insecta. Pterodicera. 



Hispe atre. OLir. Encjcl. meth. , Hist. nat. , tom. 7, 



r- 99- 



Hispe tres-noire. Latr. Hist. nat. des Crust. et des Insect,, 

 tom. 12 , />. 19; et tom. 11 , tab. cj^S, Jig. 6. 



Hispa spinosa. Fab. System. eleut. , tom. 2 , p. 58. 



Jlispa atra. Panz. Faun. Insect. Germ. , fasc, 96 , fig, 8. 



Criocere chdtaigne noire. Geoff, Hist. des Insect. , tom. 1 , 

 p. 245. 



Habitat in Europa Australi, gramiiiibus, frequens in Gallia 

 Meritlionali. 



B. ^ntennarum basis thorace scepissime occultata ; caput ho- 

 rizontaliter sub thorace absconditum aut in illius incisura 

 antica receptum ; ore in sterno antico excipiendo. 



( Corpus clypeiforme, suborbiculare, infraplanum; disco sursum. 

 elevato ; thorace scepius semicirculari ; eljtrorum limbo sce- 

 pius dilatato. ) 



CCCXXII. Genus. Imativium. Imatldie. 



Imatidium, Fabricii. 



Antennce penitus exsertae , ad basln thorace non oc- 

 cultalae. 



Corpus subquadratura. Thorax transverso-suhquadra- 

 tus, raarginatus; lateribus rotundatis ; raargine anlico 

 recta transverso, in nonnullis eraarginalo. 



Spec. 1. iMATiDium Leayanum. Imatidie de Leay. 



I. Pallide rufescenli-flavidum, nilidum; antennis ( basi ex- 

 cepla) tarsisque nigris ; thorace valde marginato , canaliculato , 

 antice late eraarginalo ; marginis poslici medio in angulum' 

 scutellarem dilatato ; elytris violaceis, profunde impresso-punc- 

 tatis, rugosis , lineis aliquot elevatis, confusis. 



Tah. XI, fig. 7. 



In honorem domini Alex. Macleay , angli , rerum uatura- 

 lium doclrina praeceTlenlis, qui inseclis preliosis plurimis me 



