ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET. 



ELODES DORSALIS. Latr. 

 Cyphon dorsalis. Stephens. 



Antennae filiform and slender, above half the 

 length of the body, black with the exception of the 

 third and fourth joints which are yellow, inserted 

 immediately beneath the eyes : eyes large globose : 

 head small : thorax nearly square, black with the 

 margins yellow : elytra elongate, yellow with the 

 margins and suture nearly black and covered with a 

 fine down : body soft villose and black with a broad 

 triangular band, yellowish at the basal segments : 

 thighs large, brown, the tibia and tarsi yellow. 



Length of the body 2 lines. 



Inhabits the alder in May and June : and accord- 

 ing to the List of Insects found at Swansea by Lewis 

 W. Dillwyn, Esq. has been taken by Mr. Jeffreys on 

 Crwnlyn Sand Hills. 



Mr. Stephens has enumerated fifteen species of 

 this genus. They are found in hedges, and many in 

 the blossoms of the white thorn ; they are also found 

 on umbelliferous plants in marshes and meadows 

 during the early spring months : we believe the 

 larvae are yet unknown. 



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