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602. 

 ELODES PINI. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Telephoiidae. 



Type of the Genus, Cyphon lividus Fab. 



Elodes Lat., Curt. — Cyphon PayA., Fab., Gyll. — Cistela i^a6., Panz. 

 — Galleruca Fab. — Crioceris Mflr*. — Chrysomela Linn. 

 Antenna nearly or quite as long as the insect, not very remote, 

 inserted in front of the face, between the eyes, filiform and 11- 

 jointed, basal joint the stoutest, obovate, 2nd subglobose, 3rd 

 minute globose, 4th elongated, the remainder rather shorter, a 

 little dilated at the apex, sometimes giving them a slightly ser- 

 rated appearance, 11th joint rounded at the apex (6, the 4 basal 

 and last joints), 



Labrum large, transverse-ovate, hairy, slightly emarginate in 

 the centre (1). 



Mandibles dilated a little at the base, terminating in a strong 

 curved and acute claw, densely ciliated on both sides (2). 

 MaxillcE terminated by 2 slender lobes, internal one the shortest, 

 both ovate and densely ciliated at the apex. Palpi hairy, 4- 

 jointed, basal joint obovate-truncate, 2nd long and clavate, 3rd 

 ovate, as long as the 1st ; 4th nearly as long as the 2nd, elliptic, 

 apex a little acuminated (3). 



Mentum transverse, basal angles acute, anterior rounded, con- 

 cave before with the centre a little produced. Lip long broad 

 cordate and ciliated, formed of 2 parallel lobes. Palpi attached 

 to 2 scapes at the base of the lip, triarticulate, basal joint elon- 

 gated, 2nd stout, hairy outside, subpyriform-truncate, 3rd rather 

 short, subfusiform, bicurved (4); sometimes the 2nd joint is 

 elongated and the terminal one seems to be attached to the 

 middle {p). 

 Head nutant, suborbicular : eyes lateral, orbicular. Thorsis. transverse, 

 semiorbicular, projecting over the head, the margins a little reflected, 

 the base bisinuated: scutellum trigonate. Elytra long and elliptical. 

 Wings ample. Abdomen furnished with an exserted tube in one 

 sex, open beneath and cleft at the apex, the lobes producing 2 diva- 

 ricating clavate processes ciliated at the apex (10). Legs, anterior 

 a little the shortest, hinder the longest : thighs compressed, rather 

 inflated : tibiae armed with spiny bristles externally, spurred at the 

 apex ; hinder pair long and curved (5 \): tarsi hairy, 5-jointed, basal 

 joint elongated especially in the hinder pair, 3rd short, 4th bilobed, 

 5th small, clavate, claws small (5, afore leg). 



PiNi Curt. Guide, Gen. 312. 



Pitchy shining, thickly and minutely punctured, and clothed 

 with short yellow pubescence : thorax very short, the anterior 

 margin not projecting over the head, which is rather broad : 

 elytra ovate, twice as broad as the thorax, the shoulders pro- 

 jecting : antennae piceous, 3 basal joints ochreous ; mouth and 

 legs ochreous, tarsi fuscous except the basal and apical joints. 



In the Author's Cabinet. 



