Plate XVII. 



Fig. 14k LAGRIA HIRTA, L., Curtis. (Male.) [F. Lagnidre. G. Lagria, Fah.'\ 



Elongate, black, rather sparsely clothed with fine long sub-erect yellow hairs, elytra brownish 

 yellow. Head small, sub-orbiculate, rather thickly and coarsely punctate, eyes large and approxi- 

 mate, antenna; long and slender, the apical articulation longer than the three preceding joints 

 united. Thorax elongate, narrowed in front, coarsely and sparsely punctate, with a transverse 

 furrow about one-third from the base. Elytra slightly dilated at the sides, thickly and finely 

 rugulose-punctate, with indistinct striaj. In the female the eyes are much smaller and widely 

 separate, the head and thorax are more thickly punctate, the antenna; are shorter and thiclcer, and 

 the apical joint is but a little longer than the two preceding united, and the elytra arc more 

 dilated at the sides. Length, 3-4.^ lines. 



Common on flowers, and amongst rank herbage, towards the end of summer. 



Fig. 145. CISTELA CERAMBOIDES, L., Curtis. [_F. Cistelidie. G. Cistela, Fab.'] 



Elongate, elliptical, black, with a fine sparse ferruginous pubescence, elytra reddish yellow. 

 Head triangular, thickly punctate, forehead with a shallow fovea ; antenna; three-fourths of the 

 length of the body, acutely serrated within in the males, a little shorter and obtusely serrated in 

 the females. Thorax transverse, narrowed in front, bi-sinuate at the base ; very thickly and finely 

 rugulose-punctate. Elytra finely punctate-striate, interstices rather convex, exceedingly minutely 

 rugulose-punctate. Length, 4|-5.^ lines. 



Not uncommon in the south. In flowers, and on decayed trees. 



Fig. 146. OMOPHLUS AR^MERLE, Curtis. [F. Cistelida;. G. OmopUus, Solier.'] 



Elongate, convex, black, shining, elytra reddi.sh yellow. Head triangular, punctate, with a 

 fovea in front and a few long black hairs behind ; base of antenna^ and parts of the mouth pitchy 

 brown. Thorax transverse, narrowed behind, with a shallow, interrupted, central, longitudinal 

 channel, and a deep fovea on each side ; finely punctate, sparsely clothed with decumbent grey and 

 sub-erect black hairs. 8cutellum thickly punctate. Elytra punctate-striate ; interstices convex, 

 thickly and coarsely punctate. Length, 3i-4 lines. 



Local ; near Weymouth, and on the Chesil Bank in the Isle of Portland. On the flowers of 

 the common thrift {Statice Armeria). 



Fig. 147. BLAPS LETHIFERA, Marsham. [F. Blapsids. G. Blaps, Fab. Church- 

 YAKD Beetles.] (B. obtusus, Curtis.) 



Elongate ovate, black, slightly shining. Head rather thickly and finely punctate, with a 

 transverse faintly impressed curved line between the antenna; ; antennis short, not reaching to the 

 base of the thorax, robust, the 5th and 6th joints very little longer than broad. Thorax transverse, 

 narrowed in front, very slightly so behind ; the sides rounded anteriorly ; ratlier thickly and finely 

 punctate. Elytra thrice the length of the thorax, their greatest width at one-fourth of their 

 length from the base, terminated by a short caudal appendage, rather sparsely and coarsely 

 rugulose-punctate, presenting faint traces of longitudinal ridges. In the male, the anterior margin 

 of the basal segment of the abdomen has in the centre an oblong tubercle densely fringed witli 

 ferruginous hairs. Length, 10-12 lines. 



Common in cellars and stables. 



Fig. 148. MELANDRYA CANALICULATA, Fab., Curtis. [_F. Melandryida;. G. 

 Melandrya, Fab.] 



Elongate, black ; palpi, apical joint of antennae, and tarsi, reddish yellow. Head finely punctate, 

 with an elongate impression in front. Thorax transverse, narrowed in front, rounded at the sides, 

 base bi-sinuate, with a deep central longitudinal furrow, and a still deei>er elongate fovea on each 



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