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cccclxxxiii. Macrocnema Ant. 10-jointed, the true 2d joint obliterated : 

 head small: body elongate, attenuated at each end: hinder thiyhs very 

 much thickened ; their tibia bent, simple, apex spurless, obliquely trun- 

 cate, and their tarsi elongate, inserted before the apex. 



cccclxxxiv. Dibolia Ant. 11 -jointed; 2d joint short, stout : head retracted 

 beneath the anterior edge of Mo., the base of which is bisinuated : leys 

 short; hinder thiyhs much thickened; their tibia bent at the base, spined 

 externally, and armed with a bifid spur ; tarsi short, apical. 



cccclxxxv. Cardiapus Ant. 11-jointed, 2d joint moderate, slender; apex 

 slightly thickened : body somewhat cylindrical : tho. with base as broad as 

 elytra : head exserted : thiyhs robust, hinder pair stoutest ; their tibiae 

 slightly bent, and a little ciliated without, armed with a small spine ; 

 tarsi short and apical, penult, joint bilobed. 



cccclxxxvi. Chjetocnema Ant. 11-jointed, short, basal joint stout, bent, 2d 

 robust, short : head prominent : tho. with lateral margins rounded : elytra 

 broad: body very convex : leys robust; hinder thiyhs thickened; their tibia? 

 dentate externally and ciliated ; tarsi short, apical. 



cccclxxxvii. SpH^EROnERMA Ant. 11-jointed, joints simple, 2d somewhat glo- 

 bose : body hemispherical, very glabrous, and shining : head slightly con- 

 nected by the anter. margin of the tho. ; elytra dilated at the base : hinder 

 thiyhs incorporated ; their tibia? bent, simple ; tarsi broad, short, apical. 



cccclxxxviii. Mniophila Ant, 11-jointed, slightly thickened towards the apex ; 

 basal joint long, 2d somewhat globose, 4 following minute, 7th longer, ob- 

 conic truncate, 8th minute, 3 following forming a slight club : body hemi- 

 spherical : hinder thiyhs incrassated ; tibia simple : tarsi short, apical. 



475 Auchenia Marsham. 



2251 4-maculata L. ii. 600. — Cur. viii. pi. 366. <J . — Ste. M. iv. 285. pi. 

 xxii. f. 6. $ . — Black ; head in front, thorax, elytra, legs, and antenna? 

 pale testaceous-yellow ; elytra finely punctulated, and with 2 remote black 

 spots, the hinder I sometimes divided. (L. 3-4^1.) Marshy districts: 

 Battersea fields; banks of Thames, &c. ; Paddington ; Monk's Wood; 

 Bristol ; Crwmlyn Bog ; fens, Ely : 6-7. 



476 Ammonia Schrank. 



2252 Alni L. ii. 587. — Ste. M. iv. 286. pi. xxii. f. 5. — Violet-blue, or 

 greenish; shining; thickly punctured : elytra with a purplish tinge, irre- 

 gularly punctured ; thighs violet ; tibia?, tarsi, and antenna? black. ( L. 

 3-4 1. ) Rare : near London ; Exeter ; Bristol : 5-6. 



2253 halensis L. ii. 589. — Mart. C. pi. 15. f. 20. — Ste. M. iv. 286. — 

 Yellow : head and elytra golden-green, bluish, or blue ; antenna? and tarsi 

 fuscescent : eyes black: forehead testaceous. (L. 2-3-yl.) Hedges, on 

 flowers : Hertford ; Newmarket Heath ; Suffolk ; Monk's Wood ; Davv- 

 lish ; Swansea ; Newcastle ; Carlisle : 7-9. 



477 Galeruca Geoffroy. 



2254 Tanaceti L. ii. 587. — Samou. pi. 2. f. 13. —Ste. M. iv. 287. — Ovate, 

 black, spotless ; above thickly, deeply, and roughly punctured : elytra 

 with about 5 faintly elevated lines : — thorax and elytra dull griseous 

 when immature. (L. 4-6 1.) On shrubs, &c. : generally distributed, 

 sometimes in profusion on the eastern coasts : 5-7. 



2255 rustica Fab. E. i. 481. — Pz. F. cii. f. 4. — Ste. M. iv. 288. — Ovate, 

 black ; thickly, deeply, and coarsely punctured : thorax and elytra bright 

 griseous, the latter with 5 distinctly elevated lines. (L. 4-6 1.) Marshy 

 places ; Whittlesea Mere ; 6-7. 



