46 MANDIBULATA. — OllTHOPTERA. 



Sp. 1. germaiiicus. Lividus, antennis articulo basali excepio, oculis, thoracisque 



lineis dunbus parallelis, nigris. (Long. corp. 9 — 10 lin.) 

 BI. germanica. Linnc Donovan, v. x. pi. 341. — Steph. Catal. 304. No. 3356. 



Head yellow^ with a dusky streak between the eyes, the latter black ; antennae, 

 except the basal joint, which is yellow, the same ; thorax livid, very glossy, 

 with two longitudinal parallel black lines, neither touching the anterior nor 

 posterior margins ; scutellum and elytra livid, immaculate, the nervures 

 single in the middle of the costa, furcate towards the apex, and reticulated 

 on the inner margin ; wings whitish at the base, the apex and nervures 

 dusky; abdomen yellow, with the region of the stigmata dusky or pitchy; 

 legs yellow, immaculate ; femora beneath and tibiae on the outside with 

 concolorous spines. 



It is extremely doubtful whether this insect be really indigenous : 

 I feel inclined to decide against its admission, as it appears to be 

 confined, at least in this country, to dwellings and warehouses ; and 

 it unquestionably occurs, not uncommonly, in merchant vessels : it 

 is said to inhabit the woods of India ; but it occurs in various parts 

 of Europe : in England it has been found about and in London, 

 Portsmouth, Plymouth, &c. 



Sp. 2. pallens. PaUide-testaceus, nitidus, thorace Jlavo-testaceo lurido, toto 

 immaculato, oculis atris. (Long. corp. 85 lin.) 



Bl. pallens. Steph. Catal. 304. No. 3357.— Bl. lucida. Hagenb. Symb. Faun. 

 Helv. 18./. 9 } 



Above pale-testaceous, and shining ; beneath of a paler hue, and immaculate ; 

 thorax very glossy, and of a fine testaceous-yellow, also immaculate; eyes 

 deep black ; legs pale testaceous, with the femora beneath and the tibiae 

 on the outside armed with concolorous spines. 



Charpentier considers this insect (that is, if it be synonymous with Bl. 

 lucida of Hagenbach) to be a variety of the foregoing ; but its jet black 

 eyes, and totally immaculate glossy thorax, appear to form sufficient cha- 

 racters of distinction : however, upon this point I am uncertain, having only 

 my own dried specimen to assist me : it nevertheless appears to differ in 

 form. 

 My example of this insect was taken near London. 



Sp. 3. lapponicus. Plate xxviii. f. 7. — Elongato-ovatus, postice attenuatus, 

 flavescens, thoracis disco maris, elytrorum atomis abdomineque in utroque sexu, 

 nigris, pedibus piceis autjlavis. (Long. corp. 7—8 lin.) 



Bl. lapponica. Linne. — Steph. Catal. 304. No. 3358. 



Elongate-ovate, attenuated behind ; yellowish ; head black, with the crown 

 brownish ; antennae also black ; thorax smooth, black, with the lateral 

 margins broadly, and the anterior and posterior narrowly, pellucid yellow ; 



