AT0PA. CYPHON. 1 85 



distinct, narrow : mand. short, stout : body linear, soft : elytra gaping at 

 tip : tarsi 5 -jointed, simple. 

 Fam. 46 Bostrichid^. Ant. 10- 11-jointed; clavate, basal joint robust; 

 club solid or perfoliated ; interm. joints small : palpi short : head globose, 

 deeply inserted in the tho., which is frequently roughened in front : body 

 cylindric : tarsi simple, 4 or 5-jointed. 



Fam. 38. CEBRIONIDiE Stephens. 

 eclxxxix. Atop a Body oval : ant. simple : tarsi with basal joints heart- 

 shaped ; pulvilli wanting. 



289 Atopa Paykull 



1452 cervina L. ii. 602. — Cur. v. pi. 216. $ & $ . — Ste. M. iii. 280. — 

 Dusky, or black ; clothed with a dense ochreous pubescence ; minutely 

 and thickly punctured : the punctures coarse and somewhat in lines on 

 the elytra ; tip of abdomen and claws testaceous : $ livid, with the elytra, 

 legs, and antennae testaceous. (L. 4^-5^1.) In hedges : generally dis- 

 tributed throughout England, Scotland, and Wales : 5-7. *. 



Fam. 39. CYPHONIDvE Stephens. 



ccxc. Scirtes Body hemispheric : ant. simple, rather short, 3d joint scarcely 

 shorter than 2d: hinder thighs thickened, formed for leaping; their tibice 

 with a long spine at the tip. 



ccxci. Cyphon Body oval, rarely hemispheric : ant. rather long, 3d joint 

 minute, much smaller than the 2d, 4th to 10th more or less serrated, 

 rarely simple : hinder thighs slender, simple ; tibiae with a short spine at 

 the tip ; tarsi with 4th joint bilobed. 



ccxcii. Ecbria Body hemispheric : ant. shortish, slightly serrated : hinder 

 thighs simple; tarsi filiform. 



290 Scirtes Illiger. 



1453 hemisphaericus L. ii. 595. — Pz. F. xcvi. f. 7. — Ste. M. iii. 282. — 

 Black ; pubescent ; obsoletely punctate and slightly shining : apex of 

 thighs, tibiae, tarsi, and base of antennas pale testaceous. (L. 1^-1^1. ) 

 Damp places: Battersea fields; Plaistow marshes ; Windsor; Swansea: 

 5-6. 



1454 pallescens Ste. M. iii. 282. — Pale-testaceous; densely pubescent; ob- 

 scurely punctulate ; antennae and legs pale, hinder thighs with a black 

 dot; eyes black. (L. 14-2 1.) Marshy districts: Battersea fields and 

 Spitchweek Park : 6. 



291 Cyphon Paykull. 



1455 chrysomeloides Wilkin Ste. M. iii. 283. — Hemispheric; testaceous- 

 red ; pubescent : eyes black ; scutellum large, oblong, 3-angular ; elytra 

 wide, coarsely punctured ; legs and antennae pale, the latter serrated. 

 (L. 2\ 1.) Hedges: Coombe Wood: 6. 



1456 melanurus Fab. E. i. 502. — Ste. M. iii. 283 Ci. pallida Pz. F. 



viii. f. 7.? — Oblong-ovate, testaceous ; pubescent; shining: eyes black ; 

 tip of elytra, and the abdomen, fuscous ; base of antennae testaceous, apex 

 dusky. Sometimes the elytra are not tipped with fuscous. (L. 2-2| 1.) 

 Hedges, &c, widely, but rather sparingly distributed throughout the 

 country : 5-8, *. 



1457 laetus Pz. F. viii. f. 8. — Ste. M. iii. 284. — Oblong-ovate; testace- 

 ous ; pubescent : crown dusky or black ; elytra punctured, the suture 

 and apex more or less broadly black ; abdomen and breast also black. 



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