154 THE entomologist's record. 



An eastern species ; it occurs at Oberweiden in Moravia, and at 

 Bisamberg in Lower Austria, 



The var. hispanicKs, Bob, is fairly common around Madrid from 

 July, and is also recorded from San Martin de Valdeiglesias. Its 

 characteristics are the longer antennae, stouter build, less arched 

 pronotum and longer femora. Length of body, 12mm. -16mm. c? > 

 20mm. -24mm. 5 ; of pronotum, 2-5mm.-3mm. <? , 4mm.-4-5mm, $ . 



4. Stauronotus crassiusculus, Pantel. 



Characterised in the table of species. Length of body, 19mm. 3' , 

 22*8mm.-25-5mm. $ ; of pronotum, 3-9mm. 3" , 4'5mm.-5'4nmi. 5 ; 

 of elytra, 10-4mm. 3 , 13mm.-13-2mm. $ . 



A Spanish species, recorded from Salina de Belinchon and Ribas, 

 in June and July. 



Genus XIII : Arcyptera, Serville. 

 This genus is separated by Bolivar from Stethophyxia, in which 

 the species are included by Brunner. Stcthaplujma includes certain 

 eastern species, which do not occur west of Vienna. Arcyptera is 

 defined by the replete foveolfe of the vertex with a narrow discoidal 

 area of elytra, having no vena intercalata ; the species are sturdy 

 insects, generally strikingly coloured with black, red and yellow^ 

 though A. tiavic(Ma is much paler. 



Table of Species. 



1. Foveolaj of vertex replete, represented only by a 

 punctated space. 



2. (J Dominating colour dark olive ; knees entirely 

 black in both sexes ; elytra i reaching end of 

 abdomen, or beyond hinder knees, all areas 

 regularly reticulated with parallel veinlets, 

 except the discoidal, which is very narrow, 

 almost linear ; elytra ? short but'passing half 

 length of oblong posterior femora. (Wings 

 blackish) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. rrscA, Pall. 



2.2. General colour s bright yellow ; knees hinder 

 black in 3 , pale in ? ; elytra s shorter, not 

 reaching hinder knees ; the areas differently 

 reticulated, the discoidal as broad, in the 

 middle of elytra, as the radial ; elytra $ 

 hardly surpass half hind femora, narrow at 

 apex . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. TOENOsi, Bol. 



1.1. Foveolae distinctly outlined. 



2. Fully winged ; colour pale . . . . . . 3. flavicosta, Fisch. 



2.2. Wings abbreviated ; colour dark. 



3. Knees hinder pale . . . . . . . . 4. kheili, Azam 



3.3. Hinder knees quite black in s , and spotted 



with black in } . . . . . . . . 5. bkevipennis, Br. 



1. Arcyptera fusca, Pallas ( = varie(/ata, ^u.lzev = cothi(niata, 



Creutzer). 



Large and stout ; yellow, varied with chestnut bands ; elytra 

 chestnut, with scapular and radial areas hyaline, anal area often 

 yellow ; areas widely reticulated with parallel veinlets, except the 

 discoidal, which is very narrow ; elytra surpassing abdomen in 3 , 

 considerably shorter in $ , in which they are oblong ; wings dark 

 smoky ; hinder femora yellow above, green outside, crimson inside and 

 underneath, with a yellow annulus near apex; hinder tibiag and 

 tarsi crimson, with a yellow basal ring ; venter yellow ; hinder knees 

 quite black in both sexes. Length of body, 24mm.-31iBm. 3 > 30mm.- 



