SYNOPSIS OF THE OKTHOPTKKA OF WKSTKKN EUROPE. 95 



Genus I : Ectobia, Westwood. 



Table of Species. 



1. Disc of pionotum dark or black, with pale borders. 



•2. Side margins only of pronotum pale. (Elytra of ? 



shorter than those of d) 1. LAPP0NicA,Linn. 



2.2. Disc of pronotum very black, all borders pale. 



8. Margins of pronotum uniformly pale ; elytra 



of S short, wings absent . . . . 2. albicincta, Brunner. 



8.3. Margins of pronotum speckled with black ; 



elytra and wings surpassing abdomen J ? 3. nic'.*;ensis, Brisout. 

 1.1. Disc of pronotum testaceous, pellucid or striolated. 



2. Very small ; colour grey ; elytra short in ? . . . . 4. panzeki, Stephens. 



2.2. Larger ; colour of straw, or pale ; elytra long in 

 both sexes. 



3. Pronotum and elytra with a few specks ; 



abdomen varied with dark . . . . -5. livida, Fabricius. 



3.3. No specks on pronotum or elytra; 

 abdomen S uniform beneath, or longi- 

 tudinally striped ; in ? pale . . . . 6. vittiventkis, Costa. 



1. Ectobia lapponica, Linn. 



Of the northern species, this resembles E. lirida in size, but K. 

 IHinzeri in colour. It is very variable, and the black parts often change 

 to reddish, so that it sometimes resembles K. liimla. The larva' are 

 entirely black, except the sides of the pronotum which are pale. A 

 good distinguishing character is the dark pronotum. with a clear, pale 

 border. Length of body, Hmm.-llmm. S , Hmm.-9-5mm. 2 ; of 

 elytra, Hmm.-lOmm. <? , 5mm. -6mm. ? . 



Widely distributed, and not uncommon in northern and central 

 Eui'ope, Lapland, Finland, Denmark, and northern Norway (where, 

 according to Linne, it eats the dried fish of the Lapps) ; in England, 

 it has been taken in several localities, from the Isle of Wight to 

 Liverpool : it occurs in all France, though chiefly in the north. In 

 Belgium, it is recorded from the Ardennes, from Condroz, Campan, 

 and Brussels. It is common in upper and lower Austria. In southern 

 Europe it is rarer, but occurs sometimes on mountains, as on Mount 

 Etna. In Spain it is rare, but noted from Corunna, Lugo, Villa Rutis, 

 and also from Lisbon. 



The variety pallida, Stephens [teste de Selys), in which all the body 

 is paler, and the pronotum reddish, has occurred in Belgium, at Ahin, 

 near Huy, and it seems to be the commonest form in Spain. 



2. Ectobia .\lbicincta, Brunner. 

 Distinguished by the semicircular pronotum, with black centre, 

 surrounded by a pale ring. Length of body, 7mm. J , Hmm. ? ; of 

 elytra, 6mm. 3 , 4'5mm. ? . A rare south-eastern species that has 

 been taken in Tuscany. 



8. Ectobia nic^ensis, Brisout. 



Differs from the former in the speckled pale border of the pronotum. 

 Length of body, 6-2mm. ^ , 7mm. ? ; of elytra, 5mm. <? , 6'8mm. ? . 



A rare species found near Nice, and at Digne, and St. Martin 

 (Basses- Alpes). 



4. Ectobia panzeri, Stephens { = erifetonwi, Wesmael). 

 Known by its small size and speckled greyish colour. The northern 

 specimens are usually darker, sometimes nearly black, and the southern 



