20 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Genu« CCLXXXI. — Spi-iiERULA, Megerle. 



^«to;72c geniculated, 9-jointe(l, rather long, and slender; funiculus 5-jointed, 

 its first joint oblong-ovate, longer than the rest, the second obconic, the re- 

 mainder shorter, nodose; the club acuminated at the apex, distinctly tri- 

 articulate. Rostrum elongate, rounded, a little bent: thorax conic, much 

 narrowed anteriorly : elytra gibbous, subovate, covering the abdomen ; /e^.v 

 rather long; femora incrassated in the middle, not dentate : tibim truncate at 

 the apex, and unarmed. 



The distinctly triarticulated clava of the antennae, which are only 

 9-jointed, and convex body, attenuated at both ends, at once point 

 out the distinctions of SjDhserula from Cionus and Cleopus, to which 

 genera it is mostly allied. 



Sp. 1 . Ly thri. Niger nitidus, griseo-subpubescens , antennarunu basi pedibusque 

 pallidis, elytris fascia abbreviata macuhu/ue iestaceis, albo pubescent/bus. 

 (Long. corp. 1 — 1^ lin.) 



Cu. Lythri. PaykuL—'S,^. Lythri. Steph. Cutal. 151. No. 1535. 



Shining black, clothed with griseous down : the elytra with an abbreviated tes- 

 taceous fascia and posterior spot covered with whitish hairs ; the disc deeply 

 punctate-striate, the interstices smooth : legs pale, immaculate, or with the 

 joints and femora above more or less spotted with black. 



Extremely variable : in some examples the thorax is rufous, in others black: 

 the elytra are sometimes nearly entirely testaceous, the fascia and spot being 

 more or less confluent: the rostrum, head, and abdomen are always black. 



Found in the flowers of Lythrum Salicaria in July and August. 

 " Common near Swansea." — L. W. Dtllipyn^ Esq. 



Genus CCLXXXII. — Orobitis, Gcnnar, 



Antenna; geniculated, 12-jointed, rather slender, inserted in the middle of the 

 rostrum; the funiculus seven-jointed, its basal joint rather long, obconic, 

 the four following very short, obconic, the two next lenticular; the club 

 ovate, acuminate. Bostrum infiexed, inserted in a groove, not continued on 

 the breast, slightly elongated, rather slender, curved : Iiead nearly concealed: 

 eyes large, depressed, approximating on the forehead: thorax very short, trans- 

 verse, truncate at the base and apex : elytra rounded, very convex, glossy, 

 attenuated posteriorly, the apex of each round and gaping: legs elongate, 

 distinct at the base ; femora with a short groove beneath ; tibiw straight ; the 

 apex truncate, unarmed : tarsi with two claws. 



The singular genus Orobitis may be known from its allies by its 

 ovate, polished, gibbous body — by the property the insects have. 



