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CHRYSOMELID.E. 
Genus CLYTKA. 
Clytra, Laicharting, Verz. Tyrol, bis. i, 1781, p. 165. 
Clythra, Fabr. Sivppl. Ent. Syst. 1798, p. 110; Lacord. Mon. Phytoph. 
ii, 1848, p. 190 ; Leflvre , Mon. Clyth.. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 
1872, p. 139. 
Type, C. 4-puvctcita, Laich., from Europe. 
Range. Europe ; Africa ; Asia. 
Body similar in both sexes, cylindrical ; head and underside more 
or less pubescent. Head perpendicular, deeply inserted ; mandibles 
very short, robust ; clypeus feebly emarginate ; eyes very large, 
elongate, placed obliquely, very slightly notched ; antennae short, 
basal joint short and thick, succeeding two joints small, the rest 
strongly triangularly widened. Thorax of variable shape, generally 
strongly transverse and narrowed in front, posterior angles 
rounded. Elytra without produced lateral lobes. Legs short, 
anterior coxae narrowly divided ; tarsi robust, broad, first and 
second joints widened, equal or subequal. Last abdominal segment 
of male with a smooth space at middle in many species, in female 
with a small fovea. Pygidium not exposed. 
These characters apply more accurately to the European than to 
the exotic species, which often show such a gradual divergence from 
the typical forms that it is a matter of opinion as to the genera in 
which they should be placed, no hard and fast rule being possible 
for their classification. 
The principal characters, viz., the absence of distinct lateral 
elytral lobes, covered pygidium and the short tarsi, will assist in 
the recognition of the genus. 
The larvse of this and other species of Clytrince construct a light 
but tough cocoon which they carry about with them and only exsert 
the anterior portion of their body out of this covering. 
267. Clytra succiucta, Lacord. Mon. Phytoph. ii, 1848, p. 201. 
Black. Elytra fulvous, a humeral spot and a transverse band 
behind the middle black. 
Fig. 52. — Clytra succiucta. 
Head very finely rugose, pubescent near the eyes ; the clypeus 
shining, triangularly emarginate ; autennse black, slightly shorter 
