﻿are well deserving the attention of the naturalist; their oeco- 

 nomy is interesting, their structure curious, and their colours 

 in many of the exotic species are not surpassed by the most 

 splendid Butterflies. 



In M. De Laporte's Essay, the few insects included by us 

 under Tetyra are divided into many genera, as well as by 

 11 ahn, the essential characters of which I shall subjoin. 



I. Legs very spini/. A. Antennae inserted under the eyes. 



* 2nd joint half as long as the Srd. 

 Tetyua Fab. Thyreocoris Sclir. 



1. Scarabaeoides Linn. — JyoIJf'. tab. I.f. 4. 



End of May, Durdledoor, Mr. Dale; June, Barton Cliff. 



** 2nd joint of antcnncc longer than the third. 

 Odontoscelis DeLap. Ursocoris Ilahn. 



3. fulvicornis Faun. Frauf. — Stcph. Sj/st. Cat. Does it be- 

 loiiff to this section? 



4. fuliginosa Li7in. — Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 685. 



I swept a pair of this rare insect off short grass and He- 

 dypnois on the sand-hills near Sanihvich, the 9th August ; 

 Mr. Skrimshire took it once on the sand-hills at Burnham in 

 Norfolk, and Mr. Butcher of Lowestoft gave me a specimen 

 which he captured on the sands to the north of that town. 



II. Legs slightly spiny: antenna; icith the 27id and Srd joints of 



equal length. 

 Bellocoris Hahn. Eurygaster DeLap. 



5. picta Fab. — Hahn. pi. 4-5. yi 140. 



Taken during Aug. ofVgrass at the sides of fields near Dover, 

 J. C. Isle of Portland and Blandford Race Course, Mr. Dale. 



6. maura Linn. — Hahn.pl. iS.f. 139. — obliqua Guide, var. 

 Near Bristol, Mr. Millard ; June, IVIonk's Wood, Mr. Ba- 



bington ; October, in a garden at Islington, jSIr. A. Cooper. 



III. Legs almost smooth : antenna inserted not quite under the 



eyes: 2nd joint a little shorter than the 3rd. 

 PoDOPs DeLap. 



2. inuncta Fab. — Panz. 36. 24. 



June, sandy places, Bexley ; August, on grass, near Dover. 



B. AntenntE inserted before the eyes ; 2nd joint twice as 



long as the 3rd. 



Graphosoma Del jap. — Scutellera Hahn. 



7. lineata Linn. — nigroliueata Fab. — Don. 14. 473. 



One, if not more specimens, were found several years since 

 by Dr. Lindley, in a nursery-ground at Catton in Norfolk: as 

 it is a common insect in France, it might have been imported 

 with plants. It is attached to Eldcr-Howers, but I found it in 

 abundance in June, near Toulouse, on Heraclcum laciniatum. 



The Plant is Tamarix gallica, French Tamarisk. 



