284 PHYTOPHAGA. [ Crioceris 
the C. merdigera of Linné is a different insect, and may be distinguished by having 
the apex of the abdomen and part of the legs scarlet; it appears to be found chiefly 
on Convallaria majalis (Lily of the Valley), but has also been taken on Allium cepa 
and Lilium martagon. 
C. duodecim-punctata, L. Rather shorter and with the elytra 
much narrower than in the preceding species, red, with the antenne, 
scutellum, breast, base of abdomen, knees, apex of tibi, tarsi, and six 
small spots on each elytron black ; thorax almost parallel-sided or with 
the sides only a little rounded, slightly contracted before base, exceed- 
ingly finely punctured ; elytra with moderately strongly punctured strie ; 
the colour is somewhat variable. L. 5-65 mm. 
On Asparagus officinalis ; very rare; Bath, and near Bristol (Stephens); it has 
not occurred for many years, and is somewhat doubtfully indigenous. 
Cc. asparagi, L. Elongate, of a dark greenish or bluish metallic 
colour, with the thorax red, usually marked with two or three more or 
less obsolete dark spots, and the elytra with side border, apex and three 
spots on each (which are variable, and often more or less confluent) 
testaceous ; head large, rugose in front, antenne dark, rather short and 
stout; thorax subcylindrical, longer than broad, moderately strongly 
punctured, scarcely narrowed before base; elytra elongate, parallel- 
sided, with rows of rather strong punctures, which become feebler at 
sides and apex ; legs black, or black with the base of the tibie red. L. 
5-65 mm. 
Male with the anterior tibiz slightly curved. 
On Asparagus officinalis ; local, but common where it occurs; it is generally dis- 
tributed in the London and Southern districts, and is not uncommon in the Midlands ; 
I do not, however, know of a record from any locality further north than South 
Derbyshire. 
CAMPTOSOMATA. 
The members of this group have the body cylindrical or broad and 
short cylindrical with the thorax transverse and about as broad or as 
broad as the elytra; the head is not constricted into a neck behind, and the 
antenne are serrate or filiform, and are inserted on the anterior margin 
of the eyes with a considerable interval between them; the thorax is 
nearly always margined at the sides, and the two last segments of the 
abdomen are connate; the legs are more or less stout; the group is 
included by Thomson under the Cyclica, to which it must be allowed it 
bears a very strong affinity; it may be divided into the two following 
tribes :— 
I. Anterior cox contiguous; antenna serrate ; form longer . CLYTARINA. 
II. Anterior coxe widely separated; antennze filiform ; form 
shorter and comparatively broader . . . . « + + + . CRYPTOCEPHALINA. 
CLYTHRINA. 
This tribe contains about thirty genera and a considerable number of 
species, of which nine genera, represented by about ninety species, oecur 
