00 Insecta. Pterodlcera. 



Hispe atre. Olh-'. E?icycl. meth. , Hist. nat. , tom. 7, 



P- 99- 



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

 iom. 12 , p. ly; el tom. 11, tab. ^^ , fig. 6. 



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



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



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

 p. 245. 



Habilat in Europa Auslrali, graminibus, frequ^cns in Gallia 

 Mcridionali. 



B. Antennarum basis thorace scepissime occultata ; caput ho- 

 rizontaliter sub thorace absconditum aut in illius incisura 

 antica receptum j ore m sterno antico excipiendo. 



( Corpus clypeiforme, suborbiculare, infra planum ; disco sursum 

 elevato ; thorace scepius semicirculari ; elytrorum limbo soe~ 

 pius dilatato. ) 



CCCXXII. Genus. IsiATiDiUM. Imatidle. 



Imatidium , Fabricii. 



Antennce penitus exsertse , ad basin thorace non oc- 

 cultata;. 



Corpiis suhquadratum. TJiorax transverso-suhquadra- 

 tus, raarginatus; lateribus rotundatis ; margine antico 

 recla transverso, in nonnullis emarginato. 



Spec. 1. ImATiDiVM Leayanuhi. Imatidie de Leay. 



I. Pallide rufescenli-flavidum, nilidum; antenais ( basi ex- 

 cepla) larsiscjue nigris ; lliorace valde marginato , canaliculato , 

 antice lale eniarginato ; marginis poslici medio in angulum 

 scutellarem dilalato ; elytris vlolaceis, profunde irapresso-panc- 

 latis, rugosis , lineis aliquot elevatis, confusis. 



Tab, XI, fig, 7. 



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

 iium doclrina praecenenlis, qui inseclis preliosis plurimis me 



