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iii. Anterior tibiae without conspicuously stronger teeth at apex ; as a rule, 

 evenly and finely, although distinctly, toothed for the greater part of 

 their length, but often presenting irregularities, particularly as regards 

 breadth of teeth. 



A. Thorax entirely smooth between punctures ; elytra with interstices 

 smooth, or at most showing very faint traces of cross striation ; 

 forehead with anterior margin straight. 



a. Anterior tarsi of male strongly dilated ; thorax only a quarter 

 broader than long, at least as broad as elytra. 



M. flavipes, Sturm. — This insect is associated by Sturm with M. pedicularius 

 and M. ovatus, but is very different from either ; Reitter compares it as regards 

 contour with 31. coracinus, but it is less ovate than that insect ; it is black, rather 

 shining, more or less oblong, somewhat thickly and finely punctured, with grey 

 pubescence ; antennae yellow or yellow-red, legs brownish-yellow, anterior pair 

 lighter ; anterior tibiae armed with fine teeth, becoming gradually larger towards 

 apex, rather variable in different specimens; in fact, these teeth are so much 

 stronger in some specimens, that this species might perhaps with more reason be 

 referred to the preceding groups ; on the whole, however, it is best placed here ; the 

 anterior tarsi of the male are strongly dilated. Length, | — 1 lin. 



On Ballota nigra, llelilofum, and Cirsium lanceolatum ; local, but 

 not uncommon ; Shiere, Horsell, Darenth ; on broom near Lancaster ; 

 on UmhellifercB generally, Kent ; Hammersmith, Deal, Whitstable, 

 Eastbourne, &c. 



h. Anterior tarsi of male not or very slightly dilated ; thorax 



twice as broad as long, narrower than the base of the 



elytra. 



M. picijws, Sturm. — Short oval, rather convex, black, with a leaden reflection, 



clothed with thick grey pubescence, x-ather deeply and thickly punctured ; antennee 



yellow-brown, with the first joints lighter ; legs reddish, the anterior pair lighter ; 



anterior tibiae finely but rather unevenly and irregularly toothed, the teeth being in 



some specimens fine and sharp, in others broader and blunt^er, the right and left 



tibiae being occasionally different, and showing both these characteristics in the same 



insect ; both sexes have a small excavation at the extremity of the last abdominal 



segment. Length, | — 1 lin. 



Common and generally distributed ; abundant on all kinds of 

 flowers and blossom ; apparently one of the first beetles to appear in 

 the year, and the last to disappear. 



{To he continued.) 



Additions to the Triclioptera of the Worcester district. — Notwithstanding the 



little collecting I did last year, I, almost accidentally, added two species to my local 



list of Trichoptera, viz., (Ecetis testacea and (E. notata — one J of each, the former 



on the Teme, the latter on the Severn. The number of local species now stands at 



73. — J. E. Fletcher, Worcester : March 9th, 1885. 



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