598. 

 LAGRIA HIRTA. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Lagridge. 



Type of the Genus, Chrysomela hirta Linn. 

 Lagria Fab., Gyll., Curt. — Tenebrio2>eC — Cantharis Geof. — Chry- 

 somela Linn. — Auchenia Marsh. 



AntenncE inserted on the inner margin of the eyes, slightly cla- 

 vate in the female, hairy, 11 -jointed, 1st joint short and ovate, 

 but forming a knob at the base, 2nd small subobovate, 3 following 

 elongated and slightly chopper-shaped, the 5 following shorter 

 and rather remotely articulated, the 6th somewhat obtrigonate- 

 ovate, 10th more ovate-truncate, 11th the longest, stoutest and 

 elliptic-conic (6) ; twice as long as the head and thorax in the 

 male and slenderer, the joints more elongated, with the terminal 

 one very long {($). 



Labrum orbicular pocket-shaped, indented in the centre and 

 ciliated with long bristles (1). 



Mandibles suborbicular, truncated at the base, with the outer 

 angle produced, the apex rounded, notched in one and forming 

 a trigonate tooth in the other, with a large orbicular leathery 

 lobe on the inside (2). 



Maxillce short, with an ovate internal lobe, and an external one 



not larger, both densely ciliated. Palpi long large hairy and 4- 



jointed, basal joint the slenderest and somewhat chalice-shaped, 



2nd longer, stout obovate-truncate, 3rd shorter somewhat ovate - 



truncate, 4th very large, ovate, truncated obliquely (3). 



Mentum elongated, subpyriform, truncated at the base, bisinuated 



before to receive the Palpi which are short stout and triarti- 



culate, 2 basal joints very short, the 1st obtrigonate, 2nd ovate, 



truncated obliquely, 3rd longer subovate and very hairy. Lip 



short broad and very hairy (4). 



Males slenderer than the females. Head orbicular : eyes ?-ather large, 



lateral, vertical and kidney-shaped. Thorax not broader cylindric, 



subquadrate, a little narroived before and the sides slightly ernargi- 



nate towards the base. Scutellum small semiorbicular . Elytra 



twice as broad as the thorax, subelliptic, rounded at the apex, and a 



little inflated in the female. Wings ample. Legs moderate, not 



stout: tibise scarcely clavate and unarmed: tarsi pubescent beneath 



5, 5 and 4-jointed, basal joint considerably the longest in the hinder 



pair, 2nd and Srd short and obtrigonate in the others, penultimate 



bilobed, terminal joint slender clavate: claws rather long slender and 



acute (5, afore leg, \ hind tibia and tarsus). 



HiBTA Linn. $ . — Curt. Guide, Gen. 266. 1. — pubescens Linn. ^ . 

 Black, villose : head and thorax sparingly punctured, the latter 

 with a transverse channel near the base in the male and a fovea 

 on the disc in the female ; elytra thickly and roughly punctured, 

 semitransparent, ochreous, with the pubescence of the same 

 colour; legs piceous. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



