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B. Read red. 



(a) Under-side of the body entirely yellowisli-red. 



(2) mnea, Schal. 



Easily distinguished by the bluish-green colour of the elytra, and 

 the red scutellum. 



(V^ery local, and usually rare, in Great Britain ; occurs 

 in Nortiiern and Central Europe). 



(b) The breast beneath black, the abdomen yellowish-red. 



(3) rusxica, L. 



The scutellum of this species is black, and the antennae blackish 

 or brownish, with a black club. 



(It is generally distributed throughout Great Britain, 

 but usually very local and not com'tion). 



(c) The breast beneath and the abdomen black, but the apex of the latter 



sometimes reddish. 



(4) lacordairei, Crotch. 



This species resembles russica, but is only about lialf the size, 

 and it is more parallel in shape. It is easily distinguished 

 by its black abdomen. 



(Very rare : in this country only so far found in the 

 London district). 



II. Subgenus Fla.tichna, Thorns. 



Base of the thorax throughout very finely bordered, and never provided with a 

 transverse furrow, shape more or less ovate. 



A. Head red. 



(a) The whole of the under-side of the body yellowish-red. 



(5) bicolor, Gyll. 



The scutellum and the basal joints of the antennse are red. 



(This is the species recently taken in numbers by Mr. 

 Bagnall at Gibside, Durham. On the continent it 

 occurs in the northern and central districts). 



(b) The breast beneath and the abdomen black, the latter reddish at the apex. 



(6) rufipes, Fabr. 



The short ovate form of this species will at once distinguish it ; 

 the scutellum is black. 



(It occurs all over North and Central Europe, and 

 Stephens apparently took it at Windsor. Thomson 

 records it as occurring all over Scandinavia). 



The other European species are marseuli, Bedel ; emgei, Eeitt. ; 

 elongata, Lae. ; lepida, Fald. ; terqestana, Reitt. ; carpathica, Reitt. ; 

 pygmoBtt, Kr. ; coUaris, Schal. Most of them occur in the eastern or 

 eastern central parts of Europe, or in South Europe, and can hardly 

 be expected, therefore, to occur in (xreat Britain. 



10, Regent Terrace, Edinburgh : 

 July, 1905. 



