286 CYCLICA. CA SSIDIADJE. 



Fam. 55. IIISPID^E Kirby. ' 

 cccclxxiii. IIispa Ant. cylindric, basal and terminal joints largest, the former 

 spinose without : tho. narrowed in front ; sides rounded : elytra elongate ; 

 legs stout : body spinose. 



473 Hispa Linn6. 



2232 atra L. ii. 603.— Ste. M. iv. 400. pi. xxiii. f. 6 Black, opaque: 



thorax with 2 geminated divaricating spines in front, and the sides with 1 

 simple and 1 geminated spine ; elytra coarsely punctate-striate, each with 

 6 rows of elongate close-set spines; anterior tibia? with a short spine on 

 the outer edge. (L. ^-1| 1.) In Hyde Park? and near Rochford in 

 Essex : 6. 



Fam. 56. CASSIDIADiE Leach. 

 cccclxxiv. Cassida Ant. slightly filiform ; rather thickened towards the apex : 

 max palpi clavate ; lab. filiform, acute at the tip: leys short: tho. and 

 elytra expanded. 



474 Cassida of Authors. 



2233 vittata Fab. E. i. 391. — Ste. M. iv. 365. pi. xxiii. f. I. — Wingless; 

 black, red above : thorax with 4 irregular black spots ; elytra obsoletely 

 wrinkled transversely, with the suture, an interrupted streak on each, and 

 a spot near the base, black; base of antennas dull red. (L. 3-3 i.) On 

 the ragwort : Burghfield, Berks ; Godstone ; Windsor ; Ryde ; New 

 Forest : 6. 



2234 Murra?a L. ii. 575. — Samou. pi. 2. f. 10. — Ste. M. iv. 366. -— 

 Black, above red or green ; thorax punctured, spotless ; hinder angles 

 straight ; elytra punctate-striate, blotched with black near the suture, 

 and spotted with the same on the disc ; edge of abdomen pale. (L. 3- 

 4^1.) On Inula dysenterica, &c, near Greenwich; Plaistow marshes ; 

 Swansea : 6. 



2235 rubiginosa III. K. i. 479. — Ste. M. iv. 366. — Ca. viridis : Wood, u 

 pi. 9. — Ovate; black; dull green above : thorax with the hinder angles 

 acute ; elytra faintly striate-punctate, the base reddish ; apex of thighs, 

 tarsi, tibia?, and base of antenna?, pale ; edge of abdomen slightly reddish. 

 (L. 3^1.) On thistles: London and Edinburgh districts: Bottisham ; 

 Newcastle, &c. : 6. 



2236 thoracica Fab. E. i. 388. ? — Fz. F. xxxviii. f. 24. ? — Ste. M. iv. 366. 

 — Ovate; black; thorax reddish, dull red behind; hinder angles acute ; 

 elytra green, punctate-striate, with a dull red spot at the base : legs en- 

 tirely, base of antenna?, and edges of abdomen, pale testaceous. (L. 3^ 1.) 

 London district : 6. 



2237 equestris Fab. E. i. 388. — Fz. F. xcvi. f. 5. — Ste. M. iv. 367. — 

 Ovate ; green above, thickly and irregularly punctate, the punctures coarse 

 on the elytra, faint on disc of thorax, the latter transverse, with hinder 

 angles rounded : beneath black, with sides and tip of abdomen and legs 

 rusty-luteous ; base of antenna? testaceous. (L. 4-4^ 1.) On mint, &c. : 

 London and Edinburgh districts, and pretty generally distributed : 4-6. 



2238 Vibex L. ii. 575. — Fz. F. xcvi. f. 6 Ste. M. iv. 367. — Ovate ; 



black, above green ; thorax semicircular, hinder angles rounded, sides 

 reddish ; elytra rather convex, distinctly punctate-striate, the base within 

 and the suture irregularly reddish-brown ; sides of the abdomen pale, inter- 

 rupted ; legs pale testaceous, base of thighs dusky. (L. 3. 1.) On Serra- 

 tula ar ven sis : Hertford ; Bristol, &c. : 6. 



2239 nebulosa L. ii. 575. — Ste. M. iv. 367. — Ovate; black ; above yellow- 



