CHRYSOMELID.E. — CRYPTOCEPHALUS. 



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district, and in Worcestershire. " Roseberry Topping, Yorksliire." 

 — W. C. Hezoitso7i, Esq. 



J Sp. 4. longipes ? Nigra, obscura, elytris pallido-testaceis, maculis tribus ni- 

 gris,pedibus anticis elongatis. (Long. corp. 5^ lin.) 



CI. longipes. Fabricius.— Leach. Entom. Trans, i. 248. pi. 8./. sup. ^— fig- 

 med. ^.—Steph. Catal. 326. No. 2313. 



Black, obscure, with a faint ashy pile: thorax with the sides rounded : elytra pale 

 testaceous, punctulated, each with three black spots, one placed on the shoulder, 

 the other two transversely, towards the apex, rather behind the middle : legs 

 black, the anterior in one sex elongate : antenna serrate, with the base of the 

 second and third joints testaceous. 



The only indigenous examples I have seen of this insect are a 

 pair in the collection at the British Museum, of which one was taken 

 at " Sidmouth."— Dr. Leach .-—the other was obtained from the 

 late Dr. Lettsom's cabinet. 



:}:Sp. 5. Hordei? Nigro-cwrulea, nitida, punctatissima, capite latissimo fronts 



ceneo, antennarum basi rufo. (Long. corp. if lin.) 

 CI. Hordei. Fabricius?— Steph. Catal. 226. No. 2314. 



Blue-black, shining, punctured : head very broad and brassy in front : body be- 

 neath and legs blue : antennae black, with the base pale rufous. 



The Ch. Hordei of Fabricius is said by him to be aeneous, with the forehead 

 coppery and the antennas black: it is possible that the above may be a variety 

 of the Fabrician insect. 



Can this have been an imported insect ? 



Of this remarkable insect I have hitherto seen only the specimen 

 that is in the collection of the British Museum, which was found 

 near " Glasgow." — Dr. Leach. 



Genus CCCCX.— Cryptocephalus, Geoffroy. 



AntenncE elongate, simple, filiform, and nearly aslong as the body, the articulations 

 cyUndric-conic, the basal joint robust ; second subglobose, minute ; third short ; 

 two following slender, elongate; the remainder slightly in crassated. Palpi 

 with the terminal joint conic-cylindric : head smalb vertical, deeply inserted 

 into the thorax ; the latter globose, nearly as broad as the elytra, immarginate : 

 body short, cylindric: legs short, tibia simple: tarsi ^s\\)a. the basal joint 

 elongate, the penultimate bilobed. 



The slender, filiform, elongate, antennae of Cryptocephalus at 



