158 BEETLES. 



C. lohatus, Linn. (Plate XIX., Fig. 28). Black, with a blue 

 pronotum and elytra. The legs and the portion of the head 

 in front of the antennae are yellow. It is found on birch, 

 willow, and alder in various parts of the Continent. 



C. variegatus, Fabr. (Plate XIX., Fig. 29). Elytra entirely 

 yellow, with scattered punctures and a small black mark 

 on each shoulder angle. It is found on birch-trees in South 

 Central Europe. 



* C. morcei, Linn. (Plate XIX., Fig. 30). Black, with yellow 

 lateral spots, and the extremity of the wing-cases yellow. It 

 is not uncommon, especially on St. John's wort. 



a flavipes, Fabr. (Plate XIX., Fig. 31). Black, with dark 

 blue elytra. The legs and the front and lateral borders are 

 yellow in the male. It is found on the Continent on hazel, 

 birch, and willow. 



G. marginatus, Fabr. (Plate XIX., Fig. 32). The male is 

 blue-black and the female yellow, with a blue-black suture 

 and margins. It is a South European species, living on birch 

 and oak. 



* C. bipundatus, Linn. (Plate XIX., Fig. 33). Black, with a 

 large red spot at the end of each of the elytra. The variety 

 * bipitstulatus, Fabr. (Fig. 34), is black, with two red spots at 

 the hind angles of the elytra. The beetle is found on bushes. 



C. (Pachyhrachys) hieroglyphicus, Fabr. (Plate XIX., Fig. 35). 

 Tliis is a black species, with the head, antennaB, pronotum, 

 elytra, and legs yellow and black. It is found in Southern 

 and some parts of South Central Europe. 



Genus Timap.cha, Latr. 

 Body rounded, very convex. Wingless. Pronotum bordered, 

 with a raised ridge. They live in grass and under stones, and 

 exude a red liquid from their joints if touched. 



