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ORDER I- Hifpa. 



Genus XII. Hispa. 

 Linn. Syft. Nat. page 609. 



The antennas in this genus are fufiform, 

 growing gradually larger from each extre- 

 mity towards the middle : they are fituate 

 between the eyes, and are placed fo near 

 one another at their bafe, as to feem to a- 

 rife from the fame point. 



The thorax and elytra are in general co- 

 vered with protuberances or fpines. 



Geoffroy has placed the only fpecies belong- 

 ing to this genus, which he had met with in 

 France, among his Crioceres, the oblong Chry- 

 fomelse of Linnasus. The fhape of the antennas 

 and their fituation, however, fufficiently diftin- 

 guifh the Hifpa from that genus. 



The larva of the Hifpa feems to be yet 

 wholly unknown •, there are but two fpecies 

 of the perfect ^infect found in Europe, and they 

 are to be met with at the roots, or on the blades 

 of different kinds of grafs. 



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