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44. 

 CLERUS ALVEARIUS. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Cleridse Lat., Leach. 



Type of the Genus Attelabus Apiarius L'mn. 



Clerus Geof., Fab., Lat. Attelabus Linn. 



Antennce inserted between and close tc the eyes near the clypeus, 

 hairy, 11-jointed, first joint long, curved, second shorter than 

 the third, the five following short, the three last forming an ob- 

 long triangular mass, rounded externally, acuminate internally 

 at the extremity, (f. 6.) 



Labrum exserted, transverse, ciliated, narrowed before and 

 deeply emarginate. (1.) 



Mandibles arched, acute, one having a tooth on the internal edge 

 near the apex, the other having only an irregular edge, thickly 

 covered with short regular hairs on the inside from the base, with 

 long haii-s externally. (2.) 



MaxillcB long, the terminal lobe ciliated with long close hairs, 

 inferior lobe with short hairs : P«/^i 3-jointed, first joint clavate, 

 third obconic truncated, nearly equal in length to the two first. 

 (3.) 



Mentum dilated towards the base, narrowed anteriorly : Palpi 

 3-jointed, first joint minute, second clavate, third lai'ge, securi- 

 form : Lip broad, rounded, pubescent. (4.) 



Head nearly vertical. Eyes notched. Thorax ohconic-cylindric. Scu- 

 tellum minute. Wings 3. Hinder thighs of the males incrassuted. 

 Tarsi ^-jointed, first joint very short, nearly concealed by the tibia, 

 terminal long. Claws simple (5 afore leg.) 



Alvearius Fab. Ent. Syst. v. 1. pars 1. 209. n. 15. Lat. Gen. 

 Cms. and Lis. v. l.p. 273. 



Purplish blue, hairy. Head and thorax greenish blue, deeply 

 and closely punctured. Elytra closely punctured in indistinct 

 lines, bright red inclining to orange, blueish pui-ple round the 

 scutellum which is of the same colour, 2 transverse fasciae, a spot 

 near the apex, and the suture blueish purple. Legs and antennae 

 purple inclining to black. 



Li the Cabinets of Mr. Sparshall and the Author. 



At the time Mr. Marsham wrote his Entomologia Britannica, 

 neither of the species that form the Genus Clerus were con- 

 sidered as British, although specimens were preserved in the old 

 cabinets ; Mr. Samouelle has also omitted the Genus in his Useful 



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