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have two unequal claws, but the hind tarsi have only one 

 claw. The front tibiai are armed with two or three teeth. 

 They all live on flowers, especially on Umhelliferce. 



* H. philanthus, Sulz. (Plate VIIL, Fig. 9). Male sometimes 

 with brown elytra, female with the elytra reddish - brown, 

 and covered like the head and pronotum with grey and 

 bluish scales. It appears in June and July on alders and 

 willows, and is particularly partial to Spircea. Local. 



H. 'praticola, Duft. (Plate VIIL, Fig. 10). Black or brownish, 

 with dark brown or orange-coloured legs. The upper surface 

 is rather thickly covered with scales in the female, more 

 sparsely in the male. The head and pronotum are some- 

 what densely clothed with long, erect, rusty-red hair. It is 

 a native of Southern, and the southern parts of Central 

 Europe, where it is met with in swarms in the fields at 

 the end of May. 



H. farinosa, Linn. (Plate VIIL, Fig. 11). Black, with greenish 

 scales above, and small sessile tufts of hair scattered about. 

 The antennse have nine joints in both sexes. The front 

 tibiee have two teeth in the male, and three in the female. 

 It is abundant in Southern Europe on Spircea and on 

 umbelliferous plants, &c. 



Genus Homaloplia, Steph. 



Front tarsi scarcely longer than the tibiae, hind tibiae long 

 and slender. Antennae with nine joints and a trilobate 

 extremity. The fan of the antennae, and the tarsi are only 

 slightly longer in the males than in the females. The only 

 British species is : 



* H. ruricola, Fabr. (Plate VIIL, Fig. 12). Deep black, with 

 a greyish-yellow pubescence which is replaced by black on the 



