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the tarsi, and tlie exterior joints of the fore tarsus entirely, blaclchh ; 

 the femora vvith long hair, the middle pair with a single spine in front, 

 the hind pair 4-6. In the male the fore metatarsus is 'glossed with 

 white, very slender, dilated at the tip, nearly/ tioice as long as the suc- 

 ceeding joints together ; these deep Jjlaclx, dilated, strongly feathered 

 above with black, the tip of the last with white, hairs. 

 On sandy coasts. (E. I.) 



40. ammobates.— ??Z«»M>s, Fin. dol. 14. 13 (1823) ; Stn. ; Stg. ; 

 Ztt. Obscure cenescens, thorace ferruginoso, untennis nigris, articulo 

 primo siibtus luteo,femoribus apice, tibiis et metatarsis flavo-forrugineis, 

 fcmoribus posticis pluri-spinosis, alis vena transversa punctocpie fiiscis ; 

 Mas. tarsi antici articuUs exterioribus ati'is pennatis, hjpostomute ar- 

 genteo ; Foem. hypostomate cano. Long. 2^ ; alar. 4-i- lin. 



Bark brassy. Face silvery-white in male, dull tvhitish in female. 

 Antennrp. black ; first joint tawny yellow, blackish on the upper edge; 

 third rather ovate. Thorax dusted with ferruginous. Wings dark 

 hyaline ; the slightly eurved discal transverse vein shaded with brown, 

 and a brownish dot on the flexure which lies beyond the middle of the 

 subapical vein. Abdomen chequered. Lamellcc dusky, rather oblong, 

 the cilia long ; forceps prominent. Coxa3 and femora greenish-black 

 with hoary gloss ; femora at the tip, the middle pair to the half-length, 

 ferruginous-yellow ; tibia; and metatarsi the same, tipped with black ; 

 femora with long hairs, middle pair with 1 or 2 spines in front, the 

 hind pair 4-6. In the male the fore metatarsals is a Utile longer than 

 the following joints together ; these deep black, feathered above. 



Inhabits sandy shores of the sea and lakes (in Sweden and 

 Germany). As it is very likely it may occur in these islands, 

 though not hitherto precisely distinguished from the allied species, 

 I do not venture' to expunge it from the British lists. 



Obs. Since it has become necessary to change the original 

 trivial name, being preoccupied (see sp. 16), I have chosen to 

 substitute the name used by Stannius as generic, which cannot 

 be retained in that application, as it is preoccupied in Hijmeno- 

 ptera. Should the group be still thought to claim generic rank, 

 the name Tachjtrechus, applied to it by Stannius elsewhere 

 {j,b. 261), might be restored instead. 



41. consobrinus,(Ct. Guide). — plumipes, Mg.zw.iv.87.23(lS24); 

 Mq. ; Hal. e. m. Obscure miescens, thorace ferruginoso, antennis lu- 

 teis, articulo tertio nigro, femoribus apice, metatarsis anterioribus tibiisque 



flavoferrugineis, fcmoribus posterioribus pluri-spinosis, alis vena trans- 

 versa punctoque fuseis, lineola costali atra prope basim ; Mas. tibia 

 antica viutica, tarsi antici articulis exterioribus latissimis atris antice 

 argentatis, hypostomate argenteo ; Fmm. hypostomate griseo. Long. 'i\ ; 

 alar. 4^ lin. 



