35. 

 CRYPTOCEPHALUS BIPUSTULATUS. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. . Chrysomelidse Lat., Leach. 



Type of the Genus Chrysomela sericea Linn. 

 CRYPTOCEPHALUS Geoff., Fab., Lat., Marsh. Chrysomela Linn. 



Antenna inserted between and close to the eyes, remote, almost 

 as long as the body, simple, somewhat filiform, 11-jointed, first 

 joint large, second and third short, fourth and fifth slender, the 

 following cylindric, more robust. (G.) 



Lahnrni subquadrate, coriaceous ; anterior margin emarginate, in 

 the centre ciliated. (1.) 



Mandibles strongly bidentate at the apex. (3.) 

 Maxilla; external lobe much larger than the internal : Palpi 

 4-jointed, first joint minute, the remainder robust, last joint 

 conic-cylindric, truncated at the apex. (3.) 



Mentum coriaceous, transverse, short : Lip membranaceous : 



Palpi 3-jointed, first joint minute, second robust, clavate, third 



cylindric truncated. (4.) 



Head vertical, farced into the thorax up to the eyes. Eyes sub-reniform. 



Thorax globose, nearly as broad as the elytra. Body short, ovate, 



cylindric. Tibiae without spurs. Tarsi 4!-jointed, three first jointa 



* spongy beneath, first and second obtrigonate, third snbcordate, bilobed, 



fourth cylindric. (5. a fore-leg.') 



BiPUSTULATUS Pab. Ent. Syst. t. 1. pars 2. p. 67. n. 74. — dispar 

 Payk. Fa. Su. v. 2. p. 142. n. 15. var. e. 



Black, shining ; apex of elytra ochraceous, the edges black. Head 

 and apex of abdomen punctured, hairy. Thorax perfectly smooth. 

 Elytra with eleven punctured striae upon each. Antennae fuscous 

 at their base. Legs and under side pubescent. 



In the Cabinet of Mr. Dale. 



Nothing can prove more completely the rapid progress of Ento- 

 mology in this country than the extensive additions that have 

 been made to this beautiful Genus within the last twelve years, 

 amongst the most splendid of which is C. hiptistulatus, a single 

 specimen having been captured by Mr. Dale near a coppice on 

 Parley Heath, Dorset, 1st July 1823. 



