158 [June, 



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n Herts ; Wainwi-iglit at West Runtoii in Norfolk ; Bingham at Ravenscar ; and 

 Sparke in Tuddenham Fen. It would appear to be especially common on the coast, 



and occurs abundantly on Heracleum flowers at Southwold in July. 



B. PiCTUs.— First introduced by Donovan (B. I., xii, pi. 413). It has been 

 recorded from Colwich, by Bradley ; there is an example ex Pygcern bncephala in 

 the York Museum, and others have been bred from Selenia iUunaria (Entom.> 

 1881, p. 141). It is a common species in May ; the males fly low over herbage in 

 woods, and have much the appearance of Crahrones. 



B. MONILIATUS. — Introduced by Curtis under the name B. hastator (R. E., 

 588). It is probably uncommon in Britain, and I have only seen one male, bred bj' 

 Mr. J. C. Haggart in the middle of July from an unknown host at Galashiels ; this 

 example emerged in transit, and had gnawed some of tlie surrounding wadding 

 into its cocoon (which is black and elongate, but much less cylindrical than that of 

 Exetastex ciiictipes), but had not evacuated it, though it did so immediately 

 upon being disentangled. Thomson, in spite of what Holmgren says, indicates the 



c? palpi as alone possessing clavate apices, the peculiar structure of which caused 

 Wesmael to erect the genus Con/nephanits for its reception. It lias been bred 

 from Anarta myrtilli (Marshall, Ent. Ann., 187 i), and from Trachea piniperda. 



ExETASTES, Grav. 



(2). 1. Metatarsus clear red cinctipes, Retz. 



(1). 2. Metatarsus infuscate or black. 



(8). ,3. Scutellum apically or entirely white. 



(7). 4. Face not flavous. 



(6). 5. Callosity beneath radix not pale gidtatoritis, Grav. 



(5). 6. Callosity beneath radix pale gracilicortiix, Grav. 



(4). 7. Face flavous .facialis, Desv. 



(3). 8. Scutellum black. 

 (14). 9. Anterior femora mainly black. 



(11). 10. Hind femora sanguineous-red femorator, Desv. 



(10). 11. Hind femora black. 



(13). 12. Abdomen centrally red nigripes, Grav. 



(12). 13. Abdomen entirely black maurus, Desv. 



(9), 14. Anterior femora red, sometimes basally infuscate. 

 (20). 15. Abdomen black. 

 (19). 16. Hind coxse black. 



(18). 17. Hind tibiae apically infuscate .fornicator, Fab. 



(17). 18. Hind tibi;e entirely infuscate cethiops, Grav. 



(16). 19. Hind coxae red... calobatu-i, Grav. 



(15). 20. Abdomen mainly red. 



(22). 21. Second and third hind tarsal joints fuscous IcBvigator, Vill. 



(21). 22. Second and third hind tarsal joints white iflusor, Grav. 



N.B. — The structural conformation of these insects is so analogous as to be 

 practically useless in tabulation, and, although some are distinctly stout and others 

 slender, some have elongate and others comparatively short antennae, &c., &c., it is 

 tliought better to, at present, fall back upon the primitive distinction of coloration 

 than attempt mere comparative sections upon these features. Exetastes albitarsus, 



