FAMILY CANTHARID.3E, CISTEUDiB AND DIAPERIDi£. W 



Genus CANTHAWS ( Geoff.). Lytta ( Fab.). 

 Body narrow ; wings two ; elytra elongate ; last joint of the maxillary palpi subovate. 



CaKTHAKIS CIN£B£A. 



Insect elongated, narrow, cinereous, and covered with short close-pressed hairs : antennae 

 dark brown. 

 The whole insect has a hoary appearance. 



Canthakis atrata. ( Plate xxv, fig. 6.) 



Insect jet black : legs, body and thorax shining : elytra rather dull. 



Sometimes I have found great numbers of this insect devouring the flowers of the china 

 aster, in the months of August and September. 



Genus MELOE (Linn.). 

 Wings none : elytra short, lapping within ; antennse various. 



MeLOE ANGUSTICOLLIS. 



Insect steel-blue : head and thorax punctured ; two ovoid spaces on each side of the 

 thorax, smooth. Elytra sculptured : the two last and part of the third ring of the 

 abdomen naked. 



Cistelidae. 



Genus CISTELA ( Tab.). Chrysomela (Linn.). 



'Orate : thorax semicircular; mandibles bifid,; maxillary palpi subsecuriform ' (West- 

 wood). 



CisTELA brevis ( Say). 

 Brown, widest near the middle : thorax terminated behind and laterally by a sharp angle : 

 elytra punctured and slightly ridged ; legs rather long, and paler than the body. 



Diaperidae. 



Genus BOLETOPHAGUS ( Fab.). Eledona (Lat.). 

 Obtuse, ovate, convex : thorax crenated ; antennse curved, clubbed and serrated. 



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