Monograph on the Cebrionidce, hy Dr. Leach. 43 



the whole inferior surface of the body is sprinkled with innume« 

 rable impressed punctures. 



In the collection of Latreille, I saw a mutilated specimen of a 

 species, which from its general form seemed to belong to this ge- 

 nus. It came from Barbary. 



GENUS VI.— HAMMONIA. 



Antennae articulis 2 et 3 longitudine aequalibus e^^trorsum cras- 



siores. 

 Talpi maxillares capitis fere longitudine, articulo secundo lon- 



giore ; articulis tertio et quarto longitudine aequalibus, hoc 



subclavato. 

 ■ labiales abrupte clavati. 



Thorax transversus, antice rotundatus ; sternum anticum planum ; 



tarsi breves. 

 Antennw with the second and third joints of equal length, exter- 

 nally thicker. 

 Maxillary Palpi almost as long as the head, the second joint 



longest; the third and fourth equal in length, the latter 



slightly clavated. 

 Labial Palpi abruptly clavated. 

 Thorax transverse, anteriorly rounded, anterior sternum flat, 



tarsi short. 



Species 1. — Latreillii.* 



H. — Castaneo-testacea, elytris sordide testaceis. 

 Long Corp. 5 | millim : 



Habitat in EtruscS, et in Gallic Australiore, rarissim^ 

 Mas. Latreille. 



Deter. — Caput, thorax et elytra punctata ; his striatis ; striis dls- 

 coldeis, postice confluentibus. 



H. — Chestnut clay-coloured, elytra dirty clay-coloured. 

 Length 2-^ lines. 

 Inhabits Tuscany and the southern parts of France very rarely. 



Descr. — Head, thorax and elytra punctured j the latter striat- 

 ed ; the striai discoidal, confluent behind. 



* M. La(r£ille informed mc thai thi» Hpecieit wav named by some aullior 

 Cebrlo brpiicornu. 



