CRIOCERIS. ZEUGOPHORA. 285 



lateral margins gibbous in front, with a deep fovea : elytra finely punctate- 

 striate; antennas and tarsi black. (L. 2-3 1. ) Hedges : Hertford; Cam- 

 berwell ; Brigg, Lincoln ; Weston, Oxon ; Swansea: 6. 



2226 cyanella L. ii. 600. — Mart. C. pi. 15. f. 25. — Ste. M. iv. 281. — 

 Short ; glossy blue] or greenish ; antenna; and tarsi black : thorax with 

 the lateral margins gibbous, disc convex, shining, sparingly and minutely 

 punctured, and with a deep transverse impression behind ; elytra deeply 

 punctate-striate, body beneath and legs pilose. (L. 1^-1 3 1.) On willows, 

 &c. : London district, and generally distributed : 6. 



2227 obscura Ste. M. iv. 281. — Short; deep opaque black; beneath shining 

 blue-black : antenna?, tibia?, and tarsi black ; thorax slightly convex, very 

 faintly, but rather distinctly, punctate ; elytra moderately punctate striate. 

 (L. 1-J 1.) London district ; Bristol; Norfolk: 6. 



2228 melanopa L. ii. 601. —Mart. C. pi. 17. f. 53. — Ste. M. iv. 281. — 

 Oblong ; blue, or greenish, shining ; thorax and legs bright red ; antennas 

 and tarsi black. (L. 2^-3 1.) Hedges: London district; Newcastle; 

 Carlisle ; Weston ; Scotland, &c. : 6. 



2229 Asparagi L. ii. 601. — Don. i. pi. 28 Ste. M. iv. 282. — Oblong; 



blue-black, or greenish ; thorax red, with 2 black spots, sometimes united, 

 or almost obliterated ; elytra testaceous-yellow, the suture and a short 

 branch on each side forming a cross, blue-black ; towards the base and 

 apex are 2 spots of similar hue, frequently united to the cross ; tibia? 

 sometimes reddish at the base. (L. 2-3 1.) On Asparagus; widely dis- 

 tributed throughout the S. of England : 6-8. 



472 Zeugoi>hora Kunze. 



2230 subspinosa Fab. E. I 461 Pz. F. lxxxiii. f. 10. — Ste. M. iv. 283. 



— Black ; head, thorax, base of antenna?, and legs, pale testaceous yellow : 

 thorax deeply punctured ; elytra punctured, dull black ; mandibles pitchy 

 at tip. ( L. 1^1.) On sallow and hazel : Coombe ; Daren th ; Hornsey ; 

 Epping ; Weston ; Swansea : 6. 



2231 flavicollis Marsh, i. 217. — Ste. M. iv. 283. pi. xxii. f. 4. — Black: head 

 yellow ; crown and eyes black ; thorax pale yellow, sparingly punctured ; 

 elytra shining, deeply punctured, the angle of the shoulders yellow be- 

 neath ; legs and 3 basal joints of the antenna? yellow. (L. 2 1.) Woods : 

 Bexley ; Kimpton, Hants ; Manchester : 6. 



§ 4. Stirps 4. CYCLIC A Latreille. 



Fam. 55 Hispid^e. Ant. filiform, porrect: head exserted : mouth not con- 

 cealed by the anterior edge of the prostenum : tho. trapeziform : body ob- 

 long ; more or less armed with spines : tibicB compressed : palpi short. 



Fam. 56 Cassidiad^e. Ant. inserted near together, short, filiform or slightly 

 thickened towards the tips, the base and head concealed beneath the an- 

 terior edge of the tho. , which last is generally semicircular; mouth partly 

 hidden by the anterior edge of the prostenum : body shield-shaped, the 

 sides of the thorax and elytra dilated : palpi very short. 



Fam. 57 Galerucid^e. Ant. approximating at the base, exserted, filiform, 

 rather long : body somewhat oval or hemispherical : elytra wider than the 

 tho., which is mostly transverse : palpi with terminal joint thickest in 

 the middle : legs simple ; the hinder thighs frequently considerably thick- 

 ened. 



Fam. 58 Chrysomelid.e. Ant. remote, short, moniliform, sometimes rather 

 serrated : body generally hemispherical or ovate ; tho. with its base usually 

 as broad as that of the elytra : legs of equal size : palpi short. 



