American entomology, or, Descriptions of the insects of North America : illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature . /j/;niv, /r ri:ri: n>,:/. jjnti/Yivr,/ />v CRYPTOCEPHALUS. GENERIC CHARACTER. Body short, robust, cylindric; head vertical;antennae inserted between the eyes, simple, fili-form, more than half the length of the body;palpi terminating with a conic-cylindric joint,maxillary palpi very apparent. OBSERVATIONS. Many of this group are agreeably ornamentedwith coloured spots and lines. They weremingled with the Chrysomel^ by Linne, fromw
American entomology, or, Descriptions of the insects of North America : illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature . /j/;niv, /r ri:ri: n>,:/. jjnti/Yivr,/ />v CRYPTOCEPHALUS. GENERIC CHARACTER. Body short, robust, cylindric; head vertical;antennae inserted between the eyes, simple, fili-form, more than half the length of the body;palpi terminating with a conic-cylindric joint,maxillary palpi very apparent. OBSERVATIONS. Many of this group are agreeably ornamentedwith coloured spots and lines. They weremingled with the Chrysomel^ by Linne, fromwhich they may be known by the more cylin-drical form of the body, and by the abrupt de-flection of the head. In these characters, thepresent genus corresponds with Clythra, towhich it is more closely allied than to any other;but the antennae of Clythra are short and ser-rated, instead of being long, simple, and filiform,as in the genus before us. The genus Crypto-cephalus was established by Geoffroy, and hasbeen adopted by the greater number of entomo- PLATE XXVIII. legists who have written since his time. Theseinsects feed on vegetables, and
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