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144. 

 CACIDULA SCUTELLATA. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Coccinellidae Lat., Leach. 



Type of the Genus Chiysomela pectoralis Fah. 



Cacidula Meg. Chrysomela Fah., Panz. Strongylus Herbst. Sil- 

 pha Marsh. Rhysobius Leach's MSS. 



AntentKB as long as the thorax, inserted at' the anterior margin 

 of the eyes, remote, clavate, pilose, 1 1 -jointed, basal joint large, 

 2nd small robust, 3rd long slender, 4th shorter than the 5th, the 

 6th, 7th and 8th oval, the remainder forming a more robust mass, 

 the terminal joint being truncated (fig. 6). 

 Lahrum transverse, oval, ciliated (I). 



Mandibles bent at the apex and bifid, internal edge very thin and 

 transparent (2). 



Maxillce rather long, bilobed, lobes small ciliated. Palpi very 

 robust, clavate, naked, 4-jointed, basal joint minute, 2nd clavate^ 

 3rd wedge-shaped, 4th trapezate truncated obliquely (3). 

 Mentum large elongated, dilated and angulated anteriorly. La- 

 bium suborbicular. Palpi short, robust, naked, inserted upon 

 the lip, 3-jointed, basal joint minute, 2nd subclavate, 3rd ovate- 

 conic (4). 

 Head trigonate, sunk up to the eyes. Eyes lateral. Thorax trans- 

 verse, convex, rounded behind, posterior angles not rounded. Cole- 

 optra oval. Wings 2, longer than the elytra. Scutellum minute. 

 Tibiae simple. Tarsi all 3-jointed, 2nd joint bilobed, 3rd long slen- 

 der. Claws simple. Pulvilli none (5, afore leg). 



ScuTELLATA Herbst. Fab. Ent. Syst. v. I. pars 1. p. 327. n. 101. 

 Yellowish castaneous, shining, clothed with short yellow hair. 

 Head punctured. Eyes black, club of antennse blackish. Tho- 

 rax rather coarsely punctured, with a plain suture down the 

 centre, the sides margined. Elytra rather coarsely punctured 

 and having about 8 deeply punctured and irregular striae on 

 each ; Scutellum, a large triangular space in the centre at the 

 base of the elytra, a spot on each side, midway, and 2 round 

 spots near the suture towards the apex, dull black. 



In the Cabinets of Mr. Sparshall, Mr. Cooper, and the Author. 



