44 Monograph on the Cebrionidce, hy Dr. Leach. 



Species 2. — Melanocephala. 

 H. — Rufescens, capite nigro, elytrls tenuiter striatis, thorace ni- 



gro-punctato. 

 Long Corp. 1 centim : 1 \ millim : 

 Habitat ia Hispanic, et Lusitania, rarissime. 

 Mus. Bosc. 



Descr. — Caput et thorax impresso-punctati ; elytra glabra; 

 abdomen infra punctis numerosissimis impressunj. 

 H. — Reddish, head black, elytra slightly striated, thorax spotted 



with black. 

 Length 4| lines. 

 Inhabits Spain and Portugal ; very rare. 



Descr. — Head and thorax with impressed punctures, elytra 

 smooth, abdomen beneath with innumerable impressed punctures. 



GENUS VII.-BRONGNIARTIA. 

 Antennce breves, filiformes, moniliformes, articulis secundo et ter- 



tio longitudine aequalibus, ultimo acute. 

 Palpi maxillares filiformes, articulo secundo longiore ; articulis 



tertio et quarto longitudine aequalibus, quarto acuto. 



labiates articulo ultimo gradatim clavato. 



Thorax transversus, antice rotundatus, sternum anticum convexum, 



tarsi breves. 

 Antennce short, filiform, moniliform, the second and third joints 



of equal length, the last acute. 

 Maxillary Palpi filiform, the second joint longest ; the third and 



fourth of equal length, the fourth acute. 

 Labial Palpi, with the last joint gradually clubbed. 

 Thurax transverse, anteriorly rounded, anterior sternum convex, 



tarsi short. 



Species 1. — Atra. 



B.— Corpore, pedibus et antennis atri^; thorace profunde impres- 



Eo-punctato, elytris punctato-striatis. 

 Jjong. Corp. 7 i millim : 

 Habitat in Barbaria. 

 Mus. Brongniart, Bosc, Latreille. 



