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piceous ; in tbe middle and between this and the base 2 brown or 

 piceous bands ; 2nd at the apex and a narrow band a little below the 

 base piceous ; 3rd pair with a broad band at the base and the apex 

 narrowly piceous ; all the fihicc with small, distant brown spots, 

 in each of which is set alongish, stout, spinose hair ; tarsi yellowish ; 

 apex of the terminal joint black -. occasionally the basal joint is pale 

 piceous ; claws brown. 



Abdomen underneath brown or blackish, sparingly clothed with 

 short yellowish hairs ; sides more or less spotted with white. 



Length, 3 — 3^ lines. 



An abundant species everywhere, in August and September, on 

 brambles, &c. 



Family 5.— DER/EOCORTD^. 



Ctpu us ] . — D E R .E c R 1 s . KirscJi h . 



Longisli oval, or elongate. 



Head short, vertical in front, wider across the eyes than long; 

 Crown short, more or less convex ; Cli/peus convex, the apex in a 

 line with, or a little longer than, the base of the antenna ; antenni- 

 ferous processes very short, immediately adjoining and on the lower 

 half of the eyes; Face; central lobe long, more or less convex; 

 side lobes short, narrow, rounded outwardly. Antennce shorter or 

 louger than the body, slender, somewhat filiform, occasionally with 

 the 3rd and ith joints slightly thickened ; the 1st joint only stout) 

 shorter than, or as long as, the prouotum ; 2nd 2 to 3 times as long as 

 the 1st ; 3rd \ to «rds as long ^is the 2ud ; 4th l to §rds the length of 

 the 3rd. Eyes prominent ; viewed from above hemispherical, from 

 the side long oval. Bostrum reaching to the 2nd or 3rd abdominal 

 segment ; 1st joint stout, reaching to the end of the xyphus of the 

 presternum. 



Thorac. — Fronotum sliort, trapezoidal, with a transverse channel 

 in front, forming a collar ; anterior margin straight, 2^ to 3 times 

 smaller than the posterior one ; sides straight ; hinder angles 

 rounded, sometimes slightly raised ; posterior margin convex, some- 

 times indented in the middle ; dit^k convex. ScufeUum longish tri- 

 angular, convex, raised above the clavus, with a transverse channel 

 at the base. Elytra generally much longer than the abdomen, 



