CRIOCERTDiE. — CYCLICA. 283 



The tuberculate, or subspinose, thorax of this genus, exclusively 

 of the diversity in the structure of the antennae, trophi, &c. and the 

 general habit of the insects, point out their distinction from 

 Crioceris. 



Sp. 1. subspinosa. Nigra, capite, thorace, antennarum hasi pedibusgue Jlavo- 

 testaceis, thorace profunde punctata,- dytris confertissime vagi punctatis. 

 (Long. corp. ih Hn.) 



Le. subspinosa. Panzer.— T^e. subspinosa. Steph. Catal. 210. No. 2130. 



Black: head, thorax, base of the antennw and the iegs testa.ceons-7/ellow : thorax 

 moderately convex, deeply punctate, immaculate: elytra punctate, obscure 

 black: legs pubescent: apex of antennsE black: mandibles piceous at the tip. 



Not very common, but found occasionally rather plentifully in 

 Coombe-wood on the hazel and sallow in June. " Epping."— Afr. 

 DouUeday. " Hornsey-wood."— Mr. Ingpen. " In woods (near 

 Swansea), not common."—/.. W. Dillwyn, Esq. "Weston."— 

 Rev. A. H. Wlatthews. 



Sp. 2. flavicoUis. Plate xxii. f. 4>.— Nigra, ore, thorace, antennarum lasi, 



elytrorum angulo humerali pedibusquejiavo-testaceis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 

 Au. flavicoUis. Jfar^Aam.— Ze. flavicollis. Steph. Catal. 211. iVo. 2131. 



Biack: head yellow with the crown and eyes black: mandibles black: thorax pale 

 yellow, rather sparingly punctate: elytra shining, deeply punctured, with the 

 angle of the shoulders beneath yellow: legs yellow: three basal joints of the 

 antennae yellow, the remainder black. 



Rare, at least within the metropolitan district : it has occurred 

 in the woods about Bexley, in June. " Kimpton."— E(?t;. G. T. 

 Rudd. " Near Manchester."— i?et;. A. H. Matthews. 



Subsection II.— Cyclica, Latreille. 



Body oval or ovoid, rarely elongate, sometimes globular. Antenn(B filiform, or 

 gradually thickening to the apex: palpi incrassated in the middle: labium 

 thick, square, or oval, entire or slightly notched: mandibles various, mostly 

 toothed at the apex: maxillw with the outer lobe narrow, somewhat cylindric 

 and palpiform, of a dark hue : eyes simple : head sometimes concealed beneath 

 the thorax, which last is occasionally as broad at the base as the elytra, which 

 are in some instances shorter than the body : legs moAemte: femora frequently 



