36 Monograph on the Cebrionidce, hy Dr. Leach. 



Species 2. — Testacea. 

 A. — Testacea, thoraee saturatiore, capite fuscescente. 

 Long. corp. 13 \ millini : 



Habitat 



Mus. Brit. 



Descr. — Caput supra fuscescens, punctatum, infra testaceum ; 

 labrum et maxillae rufae, his apicibus nigris. Thorax supra satura- 

 tissime testaceus, punctatus. Pleura, pectus, epigastrium et 

 pedes testacei. Elytra testacea, striata, striis angustis ; interstitiis 

 dense punctatis, punctis subelongatis. 



A.— Testaceous, the thorax deeper, the head light-fuscous-brown. 

 Length 5 £ lines. 

 Habitat unknown. 



Descr. — Head above light fuscous brown and punctured, be- 

 neath testaceous, labrum and maxillae red, the latter with their 

 extremities black. Thorax above very deep clay-coloured and 

 punctured. Epigastrium and feet testaceous. Elytra testaceous, 

 striated, striae narrow, the interstices thickly punctulated, the 

 punctures somewhat elongated. 



GENUS II.— BOSCIA. 



Aniennce elongatae, articulo secundo et tertio aequalibus ; aliis 



brevioribus, ultimo gradatim attenuato. 

 Palpi maxillares, articulis secundo et tertio longitudine aequalibus, 



primo crasso, quarto ovato, ad apicem acuminato. 



labiales articulo ultimo oblique truncate 



Thorax quadratus, antice subangulatus. Sternum anticum an- 



tice productum. Tarsi elongati. Elytra integra. 

 Antennae elongated, the second and third joints equal ; the others 



shorter, the last gradually attenuated. 

 Maxillary Palpi, with their second and third joints equally long ; 



the first thick ; the fourth oval, at its extremity acuminated. 

 Labial palpi^ with their last joint obliquely truncated. 

 Thorax squared, anteriorly somewhat angulated. Anterior sternum 



produced anteriorly. Tarsi elongated. 



Species 1. — Picea. 

 B. — Corpore toto piceo, antennis, palpis, pedibusque testaceis. 

 Long. corp. 14 \ millim : 



