INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. i6. Tetfatoma. 117 
16. TETRATOMA. Antennas clavate, the 
club perfoliate: /i/ rounded, entire: 
JeeleTS thickilh, unec^ual:y/ic//'J as long 
as the abdomen. 
“’‘SOfunt Rufous ; head and lliells black. 
Inhabits Germany, on tree fungi. 
Jintennce rufous, the club black : jhells fmooth. 
^xeora Head and thorax teflaceous, fhells black with a common 
lobed white fpot. 
Inhabits Germany j a third part the fize of the laft. 
Jntennee teltaccous, the club black ; Jhells fmooth : abdomen black ; 
legs tcftaceous. 
17 CASSIDA. moniliform : thorax 
and Jhells margined: head concealed 
under the Ihield ; body above gibbous, 
beneath flat, margined. 
The larva: of thefe infefts are generally found under the leavM of 
plants which they feed upon : by means of their lateral fpmes, 
and the briftle at the end of the tail, they form a kind of 
umbrella, with their own excrements, to Ihelter themielvcs 
from the fun and rain. 
Green ; body black ; thorax emarglnate : future and 2 
dots on the ihells black. 
Linnean TlranjaSl. nsol. iji, />■ 8. 
Found on the ferratula arvenlis. i. . 
Antennee pale tipt with black: thorax, puneiulate; legs pale . 
black. 
Creen ; body black : thorax entire. 
Inhabits Europe. Olinj.lnf. 97. tab. 2. fg- ~ 9 - 
6- footed, deprefl’ed, with fliarp lateral Ipincr. , 
*c* * 
“on.ata Bright green ; fliells with a fanguineous dot. 
liononjan’s Eng. Infers, l\, plate 63, Jig. 2, 3. 
Found on thilllesandvcrticillare plants, 
Bo.py beneath and thighs black : Jtianks brown. 
Green ; Bafe of the fhells with a filvery ftreak : abdomen 
black with a pale border. i x , 
Inhabits Saxony, on water mint, O/ic,’. Inf. 9 , 7> !■ Jg %. 
Mactilaia 
