1. crassicornis Grav. v. 3. p. 370. No. 35. — Shuck. Transl. of 



Burm.Jig. 2 of Frontispiece. 

 Black, thickly and minutely punctured ; antennae brown, 

 the dilated portion ochreous : head excepting the crown 

 yellow, a hooked mark on each shoulder, 2 below the wings, 

 margin of scutel and edges of abdominal segments straw- 

 colour : legs straw-colour, hinder piceous, trochanters and 

 knees yellowish: expanse 6 lines. 



My specimen, which I obtained from the cabinet of the late 

 Mr. E. Blunt, appears to be a male, and was captured I be- 

 lieve at Birch Wood. 



2. serricornis Hal. MSS. 



I regret having no description of this insect, which was taken 

 I believe in Ireland by Mr. Haliday. 



3. albitarsus Curt. Brit. Ent.pl. 660 ^ . 



Shining black, very thickly and minutely punctured and 

 finely pubescent ; antennae ochreous outside from the base 

 beyond the middle, excepting the 1st joint, and extending 

 along the central portion of the back : face and cheeks yel- 

 low, a small and large spot on each shoulder and 3 forming 

 a line down the pleurae yellow ; abdomen ferruginous-red, 

 the basal joint black, the anterior margin reddish : posterior 

 margin of wings fuscous, stigma and nervures black: legs 

 ferruginous-ochre, coxae and trochanters black, the former 

 in the 4 anterior with a yellow spot outside ; hinder tibiae 

 black, red inside, their tarsi yellowish-white, the basal joint 

 black, apex brown. 



Mr. W. Simmons took this specimen off a Dock in May or 

 June on the borders of a wood near Milton in Northampton- 

 shire, and very liberally added it to my Cabinet. 



The Plant is Veronica officinalis, Common Speedwell. 



