5o Tnsecta. Pterodicera. 



Hispe atre. Ozir. Encycl. meth. , Hist. nat. , tom. 7, 



P- 99- 



Hispe tres-noire. Latr. Hist. nat. des Crust. et des Insect., 

 I om. 1 2 , p. 1 9 ; et tom. 1 1 , tab. go , fig. 6. 



Hispa spinosa. Fab. System. eleut. , tom. 2 , p. 58. 



Hispa alra. Panz. Faun. Insect. Germ. , fasc. 96 , fig. 8. 



Criocere chataigne noire. Geoff. Hist. des Insect. , tom. 1 , 

 p. a43. 



Habitat in Europa Australi , graminibus, frequens in Gallia 

 Meridionali. 



B. Antennarum basis thorace scepissime occultata ; caput ho- 

 rizontaliter sub thorace absconditum aut in illius incisura 

 antica receptum ; ore in sterno antico excipiendo. 



( Corpus clypeiforme, suborbiculare, infra planum ; disco sursum 

 elevato ; thorace so?pius semicirculari ; elytrorum limbo sce- 

 pius dilatato. ) 



CCCXXU. Genus. Imatidivm. Imalidie. 



Imabidium , Fabricii. 



Antennai pemtus exsertae , ad basin thorace non oc- 

 cultatae. 



Corpus subquadratum. Thorax transverso-subquadra- 

 tus, raarginatusj lateribus rotundatis ; margine antico 

 recta transverso, in nonnullis emarginato. 



Spec. 1. Imatidium Leayanvm. Imatidie de Leay. 



I. Pallide rufescenti-flavidum, nilidum; antenuis ( basi ex- 

 cepta) tarsisque uigris ; tborace valde marginato , canaliculato , 

 antice late emarginato ; marginis poslici medio in angulum 

 sculellarem dilatalo ; elylris violaceis, profunde impresso-punc- 

 tatis, rugosis , lineis aliquot elevatis, confusis. 



Tab. XI, fig. 7. 



In honorem domini Alex. Macleay , angli , rerum nalura- 

 lium doctrina praecellentis, qui insectis preliosis plurimis me 



