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MYCETOPHAGUS PICEUS. 
Order Coleoptera. Fam. Mycetopliagidse Leach . Xylo- 
phagi Lat. 
Type of the Genus Chrysomela 4-pustulata Linn. 
Mycetopiiagus Fab., Oliv., Panz ., Lat., Gyll. — Tritoma Geoff. — Bo- 
letaria Marsh. — Ips Fab . — Carabus, Chrysomela Linn. 
Antennce inserted before the eyes, on each side the head, more 
or less clavate, very pubescent, 1 1 -jointed, basal joint obovate, 
2nd small, 4 following of nearly equal length, increasing in dia- 
meter, the remainder more robust, cup-shaped and forming a 
perfoliated club, the terminal joint elongate- ovate (fig. 6). 
Labrum exserted, transverse, anterior margin rounded and cili- 
ated (1). 
Mandibles small and broad, bifid at the apex, internal margin 
thin, sinuated (2). 
Maxillae small bilobed, coarsely ciliated, internal lobe narrow, 
external one large. Palpi long, porreeted, very robust, pubes- 
cent, 4-jointed, basal joint minute, 2nd long clavate, 3rd subtri- 
gonate, 4th large subovate, truncated obliquely, being slightly 
acuminate (3). 
Menturn somewhat cup-shaped, being narrowed in the middle. 
Palpi short, robust, slightly pilose, 3 -jointed, inserted towards 
the base of the labium, basal joint the smallest, 2nd trigonate, 
3rd ovate. Labium transverse- cordate, ciliated (4). 
Clypeus slightly produced. Eyes small prominent. Thorax transverse, 
convex, broadest at the posterior margin which is sinuated. Scutel- 
lum distinct. Wings ample. Body oval, slightly convex. Tibiae 
simple, with a pair of small spurs at the apex on the internal side. 
Tarsi, anterior 3-jointed in the males (5), the basal and terminal 
joints long, of equal length ; 4-jointed in the females (5*) ; remainder 
4-jointed in both sexes , the basal joint the longest. Claws simple. 
Pulvilli none (5 f, a hind leg). 
Piceus Fab. Mant. Ins. 1. 46. 11. Panz. 1. 22. # 2. 7. Ent. Syst. 
v. 1. pars 2. p. 499. n. 9. — undulata Marsh. 140. 6. — rufa Marsh . 
lunaris Fab. — brunneus Panz. 57. 21. — variabilis Gyll. 3. 390. 
Dull castaneous, thickly clothed with very short pubescence. 
Head piceous punctured ; clypeus ferruginous ; eyes black. 
Thorax punctured, posterior angles not very obtuse, a fovea on 
each side at the base. Elytra rather rough with 1 0 punctured 
striae on each ; the margin, a large irregular spot on each 
shoulder, a spot on each side, an interrupted sinuated fascia a 
little below the middle, and a round spot near the apex of each 
elytron, ochraceous, the pubescence covering them of the same 
colour. Antennae palest at their base. Legs pale ferruginous. 
Beneath dull castaneous. 
In the Author's and other Cabinets. 
