284 PHTTOPHAQA. [Crioceri$ 



the C. merdigera of Linne" is a dillVivnt insect, and may be distinguished by having 

 the apex of the ahdumcn and part of the legs scarlet ; it appears to be found rim-fly 

 ou Convallaria majalis (Lily of the Valley), but has also been taken on Allium cepa 



uiul L Hi it tii martagon. 



C. duodecim-punctata, L. Bather shorter and with the elytra 

 much narrower than in the preceding species, red, with the antennae, 

 scutellum, breast, base of abdomen, knees, apex of tibiae, tarsi, and six 

 small spots on each elytron black ; thorax almost parallel-sided or with 

 the sides only a little rounded, slightly contracted before base, exceed- 

 ingly finely punctured ; elytra with moderately strongly punctured striae; 

 the colour is somewhat variable. L. 5-6| mm. 



On Asparagus officinalis ; very rare ; Bath, and near Bristol (Stephens); it has 

 not occurred for many years, and is somewhat doubtfully indigenous. 



C. asparag-i, L. Elongate, of a dark greenish or bluish metallic 

 colour, with the thorax red, usually marked with two or three more or 

 less obsolete dark spots, and the elytra with side border, apex and three 

 spots on each (which are variable, and often more or less confluent) 

 testaceous ; head large, rugose in front, antennae dark, rather short and 

 stout ; thorax subcylindrical, longer than broad, moderately strongly 

 punctured, scarcely narrowed before base ; elytra elongate, parallel- 

 sided, with rows of rather strong punctures, which become feebler at 

 sides and apex; legs black, or black with the base of the tibiae red. L. 

 5-6| mm. 



Male with the anterior tibiae slightly curved. 



On Asparagus officinalis ; local, but common where it occurs ; it is generally dis- 

 tributed in the London and Southern districts, aud is not uncommon in the Midlands ; 

 I do not, however, know of a record from any locality further north than South 

 Derbyshire. 



CAMPTOSOMATA. 



The members of this group have the body cylindrical or broad and 

 short cylindrical with the thorax transverse and about as broad or as 

 broad as the elytra; the head is not constricted into a neck behind, and the 

 antennae are serrate or filiform, and are inserted on the anterior margin 

 of the eyes with a considerable interval between them ; the thorax is 

 nearly always margined at the sides, and the two last segments of the 

 abdomen are connate ; the legs are more or less stout ; the group is 

 included by Thomson under the Cyclica, to which it must be allowed it 

 bears a very strong affinity ; it may be divided into the two following 

 tribes : 



I. Anterior coxae contiguous ; antennae serrate ; form longer . CLTTBEINA. 

 II. Anterior coxaj widely separnted ; antennae filiform ; form 



shorter and comparatively broader CRYJ-TOCEPHALINA. 



CLYTHRINA. 



This tribe contains about thiity genera and a considerable number of 

 species, of which nine genera, represented by about ninety species, occur 



