11^ THK entomologist's RECORD. 



near Baden, Ernstbrunn ; Kirchdorf in Upper Austria and Bozen in 

 the Tirol. The rare var. ftr/irijf'cri is recorded from Regensburg. 



3. Aphlebia baetica, Bolivar. 

 This is allied to the preceding ; the elytra are roundly truncated 

 and pale, with visible veins ; the abdomen is black with transverse 

 white lines. Length of body 6mm. J ? ; of elytra. 2inm. <? $ . 



This species is peculiar to the Sierra Nevada. Lanjaron, Bacares, 

 Alcaraz, Siles. 



4. Aphlebia punctata. Megerle. 

 Black, shinmg ; elytra greyish, speckled with black ; pronotum semi- 

 orbicular, the disc black, with a pellucid testaceous boi'der, broad at 

 the sides and in front, narrow behind. The larva? are quite black. 

 Length of body 6-omm. J ? ; of elytra, 4-5mm. ^ . 2-i5mm. 5 . 



Under dead leaves in May and June in the same regions as A. 

 maeidata, but rarer. It is fairly common near Vienna, at Kalksburg, 

 Mauer. Modling. Hainbach, and Bruck. 



5. Aphlrbia sardea. ServiUe. 



Shining black, varied with testaceous ; head red ; disc of pronotum 

 black, sometimes vinth two reddish spots, margins pellucid, testaceous, 

 narrowly behind, and broadly in front and at sides ; elytra greyish, 

 specked with black, veins distinct. Elytra, $ . pointed bluntly, not 

 surpassing abdomen, which is black ; J , elytra half length of abdomen : 

 abdomen with dorsal segments white-bordered behind, and the ventral 

 segments white-bordered at sides. Length of body 6'omm. <? 2 ; of 

 elytra, Smm. ,^ . 



.\ rare species from Sardinia and Minorca : occurs also in Algeria. 



6. Aphlebia trivittata. Serville. 



Reddish ; easy to recognise by the three longitudinal dark brown 

 stripes, running from the pronotum down the elytra and abdomen. 

 Length of body 5'5mm. <y , Bmm. to 7mm. ? ; of elytra, S'Smm. <? . 

 2mra. ? . 



Found under stones and in damp places m Sardinia, and a few 

 localities in Spain, Moron, Seville ; occurs also in Algeria. The species 

 quoted under this name from central Spain by Bolivar in his Synopsis 

 (1H78) are referred to K. pair.eri. It is found in September and 

 October. 



7. Aphlebia viKciULAXA, Bolivar. 



In this and the following species the elytra are entirely rudimen- 

 tary, Literal, and lobiform. Yellowish, shining, with two longitudinal 

 stripes; elytra pellucid, not striped. Length of body. (jmm. ^ J . 



Pedro do Cerro in Portugal. 



(S. Aphlebia carpet an a. J^olivar-. 



Shining black, all the segments white-bordered ; disc of pronotum 

 black with a white border ; elytra whitish. Length of body, 5mm. S" . 

 7mra. 2 ', of elytra, l-3mm. ^ 2 • 



Under moss and dead plants in Portugal and central and northern 

 Spain; Porto, Sierra do Gerez, Villalba, Escorial, Madrid, Ferrol, 

 Brihuega m Guadalajara, Santander, Torn del Alto Galice. 



