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t Antenuaj oculos propius quam elypeum iiisertse. 



2. — Cixius contaminatus, G-enn. 



Rostrum ad coxarum posticarum basin tantum productum. Frous cum 



carinis testacea. Scutellum nigrum, carinis pallidioribus. Costa nigro 



maculata, maculis 3 grandioribus in medio seinper conspicuis. [See 



Flor. Rli. L. 2, p. 2i.] 



Corp. long. l|-2 ; alar, exp, 5 lin. 



The smaller size, and structural differences above pointed out, to- 

 gether with the constant occurrence of three black sjjots upon the costa 

 larger than the other spots, will serve to distinguish this species. Less 

 common than the preceding ; found chiefly in the southern counties. 

 The following are the varieties : — 

 Var. a. — Hemelytra fascia longitudinali lata brunnea, margine interiore 



tenuiter, exteriore duplo latius, hyalino. (C albicinctus, 



Latr., Germ.) 

 Var. b. — Hemelytra fere tota brunnea. 



3. — Gixius musivus, Germ. 

 Rostrum ut in prfecedente. Frons nigra, carinis luteis. Carina? scu- 

 tellares nigrte. Hemelytra brunneo suftusa, nervis densissime nigro 

 punctatis, punctis subrotundis, nervo costali circum apicem, and macula 

 stigmaticali pallide brunneis. Costa nigro maculata, maculis omnibus 

 sequalibus. [Germ. Faun. 11, 21.] 



Size and form of the preceding. Not common. In Mr. Douglas's 

 collection and my own. The absence of the 3 costal spots distinguish 

 this from O. contaminatus ; the size will separate it from G. nervosus. 



4. — Cixius leporinus, P a nfc -^. 



Eostrum, &c., ut in prsecedente. Hemelytra albida, sublactea, nervis 

 parcius nigro punctatis, punctis sublinearibus, nervo costali circum 

 apicem, et macula stigmaticali, nigris. [Panz. 61, 19. Schrank, Ins. 

 Austr. n. 501, p. 260.] 



Size and form of the preceding, I have not met with this sjjecies, 

 which is in Mr. Douglas's collection. The 4 species here indicated are 

 probably all that exist in this country. 



{To he continued.) /'^>? 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BRITISH SPECIES OF BOLITOBIUS. 

 BT E. C. EYE. 



There are seventeen species of this genus recognized as European; 



