ASOPID^. 89 



ASOPUS C(ERULEUS, Burm. Handb. ii, 378, 1 (1835) ; H. Schf. Wanz. vii, 



112 (1844) ; Kolen. Mel. Ent. iv, 37. 162 (1846). 

 ZICRONA CCERULEA et iLLUSTRis, Am. et Serv. Hem. 86, 1 & 87, 2 (1843) ; 



Sahib. Geoc. Pen. 19, 2 (1848) j Fieb. 



Europ. Hem. 346 (1861). 

 ASOPUS (ZICRONA) COERULETJS, Flor, Rhyn. Liv. i, 90, 1 (1860). 



Elliptic, pointed in front, entirely glossy blue-green or violet, very 

 finely punctured. 



Head. Antennce black. Eyes and Ocelli piceous. 



Thorax. Pronotum within the anterior margin depressed and 

 strongly punctate ; the punctures stronger than on the scutellum 

 and corium ; on the first third two lobate, slightly raised, nearly 

 unpunctured spaces ; behind these a slight transverse depression ; 

 Scutellum crenate-punctate. Mytra : Corium within the anterior 

 margin, and .the Clavus, more strongly punctate ; Membrane dark 

 brown ; Legs black, with a greenish gloss. 



Abdomen, above, at the base, brown. 



Length, 2J to 3^ lines. 



Not very common in the London district ; taken flying in woods, 

 in the spring. In moss in winter, Mickleham (Dr. Power). Not 

 rare at Scarborough among heather, in April, May, and October, and 

 in the larva state in September (T t Wilkinson). 



Genus 2. JALLA, Hahn. 



Head flattened, quadrangular ; Face widened before the eyes and 

 then constricted; apex sinuate; end of side lobes rounded; central lobe 

 narrow, nearly as long as the side lobes. Antenna slender ; 1st joint 

 stout, very short ; 2nd 3| times longer than the 1st ; 3rd |rds as 

 long as the 2nd ; 4th a little longer than the 3rd ; 5th a little 

 longer than the 4th. Eyes moderate ; Ocelli small, a little wider 

 apart from each other than from the eyes. Rostrum very stout, 

 reaching beyond the 2nd pair of coxae ; 1st joint very broad ; 2nd 

 joint longest : 3rd and 4th of equal length ; rostral channel very 

 short. 



Thorax Pronotum hexagonal, hindwardly convex ; front as wide 

 as the head and eyes ; anterior margin very concave, angles acute ; 



