502 CLASS VIII. 



Sub-genera : Myodites LATH., Ripidius THUNB. (Synibius SUNDEV.), 

 Macrosiagon HENTZ, Pelocotoma FISCH., Evaniocera GUEKIN (with 

 scutellum distinct). 



Comp. HENTZ Trans, of the American philos. Soc., new Series, Vol. in. 

 Pt. 2, pp. 462, 463. PI. xv. f. 3. Macrosiagon dimidiatum (Rhipiphorus 

 dimidiatus FABR.), SUNDEV AL in OKEN'S Isis, 1831, s. 1222 1228, Tab. 

 vui. Symbius Blattarum. (The larva lives in Blattce after the manner of 

 Ichneumons.) 



Mordella LATE. Scutellum distinct. Elytra narrowed pos- 

 teriorly, not shorter than abdomen. Antennas filiform, subserrate. 

 Maxillary palps with last joint large, obconical. 



Sp. Mordella aculeata L., GEOFFR. fns. i. PL 6, fig. 7, SCH^FFER Elem. 

 Entom. Tab. 84, &c. 



Anaspis GEOFFE., LATE. Antennas thicker towards apex, sub- 

 filiform, not serrate. Penultimate joint of tarsi of four first feet 

 bilobed. Remaining characters those of the preceding genus. 



Sp. Anaspis frontalis, Mordella frontalis L., PANZER Deutschl. Ins. Heft 

 13, Tab. 13; variety Anaspis atra DUMERIL Cons. gen. s. L Ins. PI. n, 

 fig. 6, &c. 



Phalanx III. Horialia (Horiidce WESTWOOD). Antennas fili- 

 form, moniliform or subserrate, short. Tarsi with joints undivided, 

 furnished with claws denticulate beneath, and with double filiform 

 appendage. Mandibles strong, exsert; palps filiform. Thorax 

 broad, transverso-quadrate. Head nutant. Feet short, posterior 

 with femora incrassated, especially in males. Elytra soft, dehiscent 

 at the apex. 



Horia FABE. 



* Head narrower than thorax, Antennce longer than thorax. Sub-genus 

 Cissites LATR. (Gener. Crust, et Ins. i, p. 212, previously Horia ejusd. 

 Hist. not. des Crust, et Ins. x. p. 364). 



Sp. Horia testacea FABR., DUMERIL Cons. gen. s. L Ins. PI. 12, fig. 6, J. G. 

 HUEBNER Beitr. z. Naturg. d. Ins. in Naturforscher 28, p. 47, Tab. n. 

 figs. 14 17, from East Indies. 



** Head tumid behind the eyes, of the breadth of thorax. Antenna 

 scarcely longer than thorax. Horia LATR. (previously Cissites ejusd.) 



Sp. Horia maculata FABR., Cuv. R. Ani. ed. ill., Ins. PI. 54, fig. 4, from 

 S. Amer. The larva lives parasitically in the cells of the larvae of Xylo- 

 copa; on the metamorphosis cons. LANSDOWN GUILDING Trans, of thi 

 Linn. Soc. Vol. xrv. 



