BYRRHUS. BYRRHUS. 



Generic Character. 



Antenna clavated, subsolid, 

 subcompressae. subcompressed. 



TH 



E Insects belonging to this genus have an 

 ovate body, convex or subglobular in some species, 

 with the wing-shells covered by a short pile, and 

 the head is retracted under the thorax. 



The Byrrhus Scrophularice is a small insect, of 

 the size of one of the smallest kind of Coccinellae 

 or Lady-Birds; its colour is a dark brown, clouded 

 with broken or irregular white bands, and the 

 edges constituting the line of division between the 

 wing-sheaths is red. This little insect is observed 

 to be more frequently found on the plant called 

 Scrophularia aquatica than elsewhere. 



Byrrhus Pilula is a larger species, equalling, or 

 rather exceeding the size of the common Lady- 

 Bird or Coccinella septem-punctata. Its colour is 

 a dull brown, with a few obscure blackish lines 

 down the wing-shells : it is of an extremely convex 

 shape, and, when disturbed, contracts its limbs, 

 and lies in an inert state, resembling the appear- 

 ance of a seed or pill. It is found on various 

 plants, and about garden-ground, &c. the antennas 



