BLATTID.E KCTOBIUS. ,47 



elytra \ongdr than the abdomen, pelhicid-yellow, thickly sprinkled with 

 numerous minute dusky atoms, and with a few larger spots disposed longi- 

 tudinally ; wings slightly brownish ; abdomen black, with the lateral mar- 

 gins yellow ; femora slightly spined ; legs posteriorly with the tibiae and 

 tarsi frequently paler, and the tips of the latter dvisky or blackish. The 

 female is rather less, shorter and paler, head obscure; base of the antennae 

 sometimes pale ; thorax with the disc testaceous, the margins yellow ; 

 elytra scarcely as long as the abdomen, with the spots rather more distinct 

 than in the male ; abdomen broadish, pitchy or black, with the sides and 

 margins of the segments yellow; legs yellow, with the apex of the tarsi, 

 the claws and pulvilli black . 



This appears to be a rare species in England : I once (in July 

 T 827) took a pair in a wood near Albury in Surrey, and obtained it 

 in the same season from the vicinity of Lyndhurst ; and I do not 

 remember to have seen other specimens elsewhere. 



Sp. 4. perspicillaris. Ovatits,Jlavescens, thoracis disco testaceo, elytris afomis, 

 abdomineque supra fuscis, arttennis pallidis. (Long. corp. 6 — 7 lin.) 



BI. perspicillaris. Fiieslyf—Steph. Catal. 304>. No. 3359. 



Ovate, yellowish; thorax with the disc testaceous, the margins pellucid 

 yellow ; elytra with some distinct dusky spots disposed longitudinally, and 

 numerous blackish atoms on the surface ; abdomen above fuscous, with 

 pale lateral margins, beneath blackish ; legs pale yellowish-pitchy, with the 

 knees paler; femora with a i'ew spines within; wings fuscescent, darkest 

 at the apex. 



Of this insect (which is supposed by Charpentier to be a variety 

 of Ec. lapponicus) I have two examples — one taken in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Lyndhurst ; the other I obtained from the Marshamian 

 collection. 



Sp. 5. Panzeri. Elongatus, pallide-ochraceo-Jlavescens, thoracis disco testaceo 

 Jiisco, elytris pallidis lateribus membranaceo-pellucidis, disco fere immaculato, 

 antennis pedibusque piceis. (Long. corp. 5 — 6 lin.) 



Bl. Panzeri. Steph. Catal. 304. No. 3360 — Bl. germanica. Panzer Faun. 

 Germ. n.f. 16. 



Slightly elongate, or elliptic ; of a pale ochreous yellow ; head dusky ; mouth 

 pale ; thorax with its disc testaceous-brown, sometimes a little blackish, 

 the margins pale and pellucid ; elytra also pale, the lateral margins pellucid 

 brownish-yellow, the disc with a few minute brownish atoms ; abdomen 

 beneath pitchy, above pale testaceous-brown ; legs pale pitchy, the femora 

 palest and without spines ; antennae also pitchy. 



Found not uncommonly on the coast of Devonshire, near Kings- 



