CLASS V. IKSECTA. 
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I-sptura Inquisitor. Lime. Rhagium Indagator. Fair. 
Inhabits England, but is very rare. 
Fam. XLIV. Crtocerid.t.. Leach. 
Iff not cordiform : maxilla with their external division not resembling 
a two-jointed palpus : body elongate : thorax cylindric or quadrate : 
mandibles bifid or notched at their extremities. 
Genus <239. DOXACIA. fair., Payk., Hoppe, Oliv., Latr., Leach. 
Leptura. Linn., Marsh. 
Antenna with elongate-cylindric joints, those of the base obconic : eyes 
not notched : abdomen elongate, triangular : hinder thighs thick. 
* Hinder thighs dentated. 
®P- 1. Don. micans. 
Honacia micaus. Hoppe, Leach. Leptura micans. Marsh. 
Inhabits aquatic plants. 
** Hinder thighs simple. 
2. Hon. simplex. 
Ecptura simplex. Marsh. 
Inhabits aquatic plants. 
Obs — D onacia Zosteri Fubr., and Equiseti, both of which have lately 
been taken in Britain, constitute the genus Macroplea of Hoffmansegg. 
Genus 240. CRIOCERIS. Geoff., Oliv., Lam., Leach. 
■Antenna moniliforrn, with the exception of the basal joints which are 
globose : eyes notched : neck distinct : abdomen quadrate. 
8p. 1, Cri. merdigera. (PI. 2. fig. 14.) 
P.rioceris merdigera. Latr., Leach. Lema merdigera. Fubr. Auche- 
nia merdigera. Marsh. Chrysomela merdigera. Linn. 
Inhabits the white lily. 
Fam. XLV. Chrysomelidje. Leach. 
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'-iirysomelis.e. Latreille. 
■Pnot cordifonn : maxilla, with their external division resembling a 
biarticulate palpus : body more or less ovoid or oval : thorax trans- 
v erse, or not longer than broad. 
^tiRps i, — Palpi very small : antenna inserted near each other between 
the eyes, at a distance from the mouth: body shield-shaped : thorax 
semicircular. 
Genus 241. CASSIDA of authors. 
'Antenna thicker towards their extremities, their base concealed by the 
thorax: body nearly orbiculate. 
i • 1- Cass, equestris. 
^ s sida equestris. Fubr., Payk., Pam., Latr., Leach. Cassida viridis, 
. Marsh., Itlig. 
Mentha sylvcstris. 
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