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The Cionina and Gymnetrina have the antennae ten- 
or nine-jointed, short, the funiculus composed of five 
joints, and the club of three or four. They are all 
small ; and (except Mecinus, which is elongate and 
cylindrical) “ squat ” and rounded ; in the former 
family the second, third, and fourth segments of the 
abdomen are produced into a point on each side at 
apex. 
The species of Cionus are all beautifully variegated ; 
they frequent Verbascum and its allies, often in great 
numbers, the different species sometimes occurring in 
company. Their larvae, which are small, convex, and 
spotted, devour the entire parenchyma of the leaves, 
but do not touch the ribs and stem : they appear to 
make an open network cocoon. G. blattarise (Plate 
XII., Fig. 4) is, perhaps, the prettiest, and is not un- 
common. In repose, with its legs contracted, it 
affords an exact representation of a small patch of 
bird-droppings. 
Nanophyes , a much smaller and elegantly banded 
insect, occurs (locally) in great profusion on low plants 
of Salicaria ; and the species of Gymnetron and 
Miarus especially frequent Veronica, Antirrhinum, 
and Campanula. They are mostly small, short-ovate, 
dull black, and set with rows of short yellowish hairs. 
The Barina have the front legs distant at the base, 
and the breast flat. We possess but one genus, 
Baris, containing certain small, elongate, cylindi'ical 
beetles, mostly glabrous, but in some cases very 
slightly clothed with pubescence, which readily rubs 
off. They frequent Lepidium, Reseda, &c., and 
superficially resemble the species of Mecinus, which 
have but five joints to the funiculus. 
