248 THE entomologist's nECORD. 



Its only claim to being British is based on the capture of two specimens 

 on fir paliug-s at Aviemore. Pachyta collaris, L., is a very different 

 insect ; it is smaller than the two preceding, and is black, with the 

 thorax and al)domen bright red. It is found in hop-fields, the larvai 

 living in the hop-poles. The perfect insect is found on Umhelliferae. 

 I have seen it in the greatest abundance on Umbelliferae, in a hop-field 

 at Farnham. Mr. Bates records it from Leicestershire. Anoplodera 

 sexguttata, F., is a very pretty black insect, with three yellow spots on 

 each elytron ; these spots, as in so many other species, are very variable, 

 being sometimes confluent, and sometimes two or more are wanting. 

 A quite black aberration occurs, which is decidedly rare. It occurs on 

 the flowers of a small Umbellifer, and is common in the New Forest, 

 where I have seen it in abundance. Darenth AVood is the only other 

 known British locality. 



The genus Leptura is a large one, of which we possess five species 

 according to our Catalogue, and one species as doubtful. Of this latter 

 species, Leptiira virens, L., a greeninsect, I can learnnothing reliable, and 

 consider it is more than doubtfully indigenous. Leptura rufa, Brull., 

 is a large insect with red elytra and black head, thorax and antennte. 

 A single male was taken at Holme Bush, in Sussex, and I should say, 

 decidedly, that it was imported. Leptura scutellata, F., is a large black 

 insect, with the scutellum covered with thick yellowish pubescence. 

 It is chiefly confined to the New Forest, where I have taken it in some 

 numbers from old beech stumps. It has also been recorded from 

 Ei)ping and Hainault Forests and Cobham Park. The burrows of 

 this beetle are worth working for other species of coleoptera, the very 

 rare Kndophloeus spinulosus having been taken in them in the New 

 Forest. Leptura sangtiinolenta, L., is a very rare species, in which 

 the male and female differ considerably ; the former having the elytra 

 yellowish, whereas, in the latter they are reddish-brown. Stephens 

 records it from various parts of the country. The only reliable 

 specimens, however, about which anything is known, are two taken by 

 Mr. Champion at Aviemore, and one which Mr. Gorham tells me he saw 

 alive, that was taken by Mr. Beck at Southampton. Leptura fiilva, 

 De Gr. (tomentosa, F.^, is a black insect with yellow elytra, the tips 

 of which are black. The underside is thickly covered with silvery 

 pubescence. It appears to be confined to the south, and is taken on 

 flowers, etc., and is decidedly rare. Mr. Gorham and Mr. Newbery 

 have taken it in some numbers in the Southampton district. Dr. Power 

 took it at Haslar. It also occurs in the New Forest, Devonshire, etc. 

 Lepitura livida, F., is the smallest of the British species of this genus. 

 It is very like the last insect in appearance, but it has not got the 

 black tips to the elytra, and is much smaller. It is found on flowers, 

 and is abimdaut in some places, being common in the London district. 

 I have taken it in numbers at Blackgang, in the Isle of Wight, and at 

 Deal, Chiddingfold, etc. It does not appear to be found further north 

 than the Midlands, where it is rare. It is the only species of the 

 genus found in Leicestershire, where it has been taken by Mr. Bates. 

 Mr. Bye took a specimen at Swanage, with one of its antennae divided 

 into three branches. 



The genus Strangalia, of which we possess, according to our 

 Catalogue, seven species, much reseml)les the last genus, from which the 

 s])ecies, however, may l)c known hj having the posterior angles of the 

 thorax spincd, titrangalia aurukufa, F., is one of the most beautiful 



