CHllYSOMELTDiE. — CLYTIIUA. 353 



« Weston."— i?^sy. A. H. Matthews. " Prestwick Car, Meldon- 

 park, &c." — G, Wailes, Esq. " Common (near Swansea)." — L. W. 

 Dilkoi/n, Esq. " Within the stems of Sium latifolium and CEnanthoe 

 Phellandrium, in the Isle of Ely, abundantly." — Rev. L. Jenyns. 

 " Cardew-mire." T. C. Heysham, Esq. " Epping." — Mr. Double- 

 day. 



Sp. 2. Beccabungse. Ccerulea vel subvire.icens, iiitida, ano rufescente. (Long. 



Corp. 2 lin.) 

 Ha. Beccabungae. Faylml. — Steph. Catal. 225. No. 2309. 



Entirely blue or greenish, shining, with the apex of the body beneath rufescent, 

 and the mouth piceous : thorax rather convex, a little unequal, thickly and 

 somewhat deeply punctured : elytra regularly and prettily punctate-striate, 

 the stria? straight, with the interstices finely coriaceous : legs and antennae 

 greenish-blue. 



Less abundant than the last; found on the Beccabungae, in June 

 and July. " Cardew-mire." — T. C. Hcysham, Esq. " Dudding- 

 ston-loch."— i2eu. W. Little. " Weston."— i?ei;. A. H. Matthews. 

 " Bottisham." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Common (near Swansea)." — 

 L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Genus CCCCIX. — Clythra, Laicharting. 



Antenna; very short, exserted, serrated ; the basal joint large, clavate ; two fol- 

 lowing stout, nodose ; seven following very much produced within ; the ter- 

 minal ovate, acuminate. Palpi unequal, thickened in the middle, with the 

 apical joint conic-cylindric: Aeaii rounded, entirely inserted into the thorax, 

 vertical : thorax transverse, margined : body oblong-cylindric, obtuse at each 

 extremity: ^CM^eZ/wm elongate : e/^^ra subcylindric : legs stout; the anterior 

 frequently elongate in the males : tarsi with the basal joint elongate, the pen- 

 ultimate deeply bifid. 



Exclusively of its cylindric body, and other characters, Clythra 

 may be readily known from Cryptocephalus by the brevity of its 

 antennse, which are also distinctly serrated within : — from the pre- 

 ceding genera its concealed head at once distinguishes it:— the 

 species chiefly reside in trees, and appear during the commence- 

 ment of summer. 



Sp. 1. quadripunctata. Nigra, nitida, elytris rufo-testaceis, singula maculis 

 duabus nigris. (Long. corp. 5 lin.) 



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