1914.] 141 



schneideri, G-radl., 1 + 3 + f , 2 + 1, 4 + 5 (fig. d). A specimen 

 from Fleet, Hants, in coll. E. A. Butler. This constitutes a very near 

 approach to the type form, 



hieroglyphica, L. (hastata, 01.). 1 + 3 + |, 2 + 1, 3 + 5+4 

 (fig. e). This, the prevalent form on the Continent, is decidedly rare 

 in British collections; I have only seen it from Leith Hill in coll. 

 Champion. 



Specimens which exceed the type form in the amount of black 

 pigment developed, form a gradual series to those entirely black, as 

 exemplified by specimens from Leith Hill in coll. Champion ; but those 

 which appear at first sight entirely black are much more frequent than 

 those which are unmistakably spotted with red. Of the series in ques- 

 tion, the first is marginemaculata, Brahm, in which each elytron has 

 five spots, namely: an elongate-triangular one at the shoulder (1) ; a 

 curved oblong one near the middle of the base (2) ; another just 

 behind the middle of, and sometimes reaching, the outer margin (3) ; 

 a small sub-oval one near the suture just behind the middle (4) ; and 

 an elongate- triangular one at the apex (5) ; as in fig. /. Bistri- 

 verrucata, Haw., is the name applied to the form with the red spots 

 1, 3, 5, only ; but Haworth's description does not appear to me entirely 

 applicable ; hictuosa, Weise, has spots 3, 5 ; fuliginosa, Weise, 3 only ; 

 and areata, Panz., has the elytra entirely black above, or with the outer 

 margin narrowly pale. So far as British specimens are concerned 

 Weise's remark (t.c. p. 32) that the black forms are generally larger, 

 broader, and flatter than the pale ones, only applies to the fema 

 the males are just as narrow and convex as those of the pale for 

 In Coleopt. Brit. Isl. Ill, p. 164, the opinion is expressed t 

 A. obliterate, var. fenestrate, Weise, is occasionally mistaken fo. a 

 black form of C. hieroglyphica. I learn from Mr. E. A. Waterhouse 

 that the B,ev. Hamlet Clark's specimens are certainly hieroglyphica ; 

 Mr. Donisthorpe, moreover, is of opinion that the specimen called 

 fenestrata in the Power Collection is hieroglyphica, and there is there- 

 fore strong reason to believe that all the specimens mentioned by 

 British writers under the name of A. obliterata var. fenestrata, Weise, 

 really belong to one or other of the black forms of C. hieroglyphica. 



According to my present experience, sinuosa, Marsh., is by far the 

 commonest form in Britain ; luctuosa, Weise, and its cognate forms 

 are not uncommon, whilst the others, with the exception of lineolata, 

 Marsh., are of only occasional occurrence in collections ; but it is quite 

 likely that this statement would be found inapplicable if this heath- 



