HISPA. HISPA. 



Generic Character. 



Antenna fusiformes, basi 

 approximate, inter ocu- 

 los sitae. 



Thorax elytraque ssepius 

 aculeata. 



Antenna spindle - shaped, 

 approximated at the base, 

 situated between the eyes. 



Thorax and wing-shells ge- 

 nerally aculeated. 



JL HE principal British species of this genus is 

 a rather small insect, sometimes found near the 

 roots of grasses: it is totally black; and has the 

 wing-shells beset with six rows of spines, and the 

 thorax with a few distant ones. It is considered as 

 a rare insect, and its larva is unknown. 



