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Sp. 1. Anth.fusca. 
Lvtta fusca. Marsh. 
Inhabits dung in the neighbourhood of stables. 
Fam. XXXII. Mordellad.e. Leach. 
Mordellanje. LatreiUe. 
Head, cordiform, abruptly strangulated at its junction with the thorax : 
hinder tarsi (sometimes the others) with their penultimate joint en- 
tire : body elevated, arcuate, laterally compressed, and terminated 
by a point: head very large: elytra very short, or very narrow and 
pointed behind : hinder feet large : tibi/e with spurs. 
Genus 189. RHIPIPHORUS. Bose , Fabr., Payk., Oliv., Lam., 
Leach. Mordella. Marsh., Limit. 
Farsi with all the joints simple : palpi almost filiform: antenna- pec- 
tinated or fiabellate : scutellum none, or concealed. 
Sp. 1. It It ip. paradoxus. 
Cordelia paradoxa. Linn. Rhipiphorus paradoxus. Latr., Leach. 
Inhabits Europe. In Britain it is extremely rare. The larva: inhabit 
the nests of Vespa Crabro (the hornet). Mordella paradoxa of Mar- 
sham, which is distinct from the Linnean species, has been found 
in the nest of a wasp. 
Genus 190. MORDELLA. Linn., Geoff., Fair., Latr., Marsh., 
Leach. 
Farsi with all their joints simple: maxillary palpi terminated by a se- 
curiform joint : antenna: simple, or very slightly serrated : scutellum 
distinct. 
Sp. 1 . Mord. aculeata. 
Mordella aculeata. Linn., Fabr., Latr., Oliv., Marsh., Leach. 
Inhabits the blossoms of the crab-tree, white-thorn, &c. 
Sp* 2. Mord.fasciuta. (PI. 4. Jig. 8.) 
Genus 191. ANASPIS. Latr., Geoff., leach. Mordella. Linn., 
p Fabr., Oliv., Marsh, 
enultanate joint of the four anterior tarsi bilobate : maxillary palpi 
W1 th the last joint securiform: scutellum none. 
Sp* 1. Anas, frontalis. 
Mordella frontalis. Fabr ., Oliv., Payk., Marsh. Anaspis frontalis. Latr., 
Leach. 
Inhabits flowers, especially those of the umbellate plants. 
Fam. XXXIII. Cantharidje. Leach. 
Caxtharid®. Latreille. 
lead large, cordiform : neck distinct: mandibles not notched at their 
points : thorax almost quadrate, or cordiform : elytra flexible : tarsi 
generally with entire joints. 
