Plate XVII. — Continued. 



side at the base ; finely and thickly punctate. Elytra wider than the thorax, thickly and finely 

 punctate, with a short depressed silky grey pubescence ; each with four broad, flat, longitudinal 

 farrows abbreviated at the base. Length, ("> lines. 



Very rare. In dead trees ; New Forest, near Brockenhurst. 



Fig. 149. ORCHESIA UNDULATA, Kraats. [F. Melandrj-idfc. G. Orchesia, Latr.} 

 (0. fasciataj Curtis, but not of PaijhuU.) 



Elongate ovate, reddish brown, minutely and thickly rugulose-punctatc, clothed with a silky 

 pubescence ; antennae pitchy black in the middle, reddish yellow at the base and ape.x. Thorax 

 transverse, narrowed in front, sides rounded, base bi-sinuate with a triangular impression on each 

 side, and a more or less apparent transverse bi-arcuate black band on the disc. Elytra reddish 

 yellow, with two oblique interrupted bands at the base, a broad transverse fascia towards the tip, 

 and the apex black. Length, 2-2 1 lines. 



Rare. New Forest, near Brockenhurst ; in boleti, and on flowers. 



Fig. 150. ABDERA BIFASCIATA, Marsham. \F. Melandryidre. G. Abdera, Steph.~\ 

 (Hypulus bifiexuosus, Curtis.) 



Oblong, pitchy black, finely and rather thickly rugulose-punctatc, clothed with a silky yellowish- 

 grey pubescence. Head transverse, deflexed, palpi and two basal joints of antennie testaceous. 

 Thorax a little longer than broad, narrowed in front, sides slightly rounded, base bi-sinuate, 

 posterior angles obtuse ; with an exceedingly obscure central longitudinal impression behind. 

 Elytra with two flcxuous testaceous or pale yellow hands, one a little before the middle, the other 

 at abont one-third from the tip. Legs reddish brown, thighs sometimes pitchy black. Length, 

 U-lj lines. 



Rare. In dead bouglis of oak, and upon old palings ; Highgate ; Wimbledon ; near 

 Reigate, &c. 



Fig. 151. CARIDA FLEXUOSA, Payk. [F. .Melandryidfe. G. Carida, Mukant.'] 

 (Hallonienus flexuosus, Curtis.) 



Oblong, bright ferruginous, head, a transverse bi-lobed patch on the thorax, scutellum, two 

 zigzag bands on the elytra, and the abdomen black, very minutely and rather thickly rugulose- 

 pnnctate, with a fine silky pubescence. Head dellexed, triangular ; antenna" brown in the middle, 

 reddish yellow at the base and apex. Thorax transverse, narrowed in front, sides rounded, base 

 bi-sinuate, postericjr angles obtuse, with a faint central longitudinal impressed line. Length, 

 lj-2 lines. 



Beneath bark of willow, and in fungi on old trees. Very rare. Near Peterborough, and in 

 the vicinity of Cambridge. 



Fig. 152. RHIPIPHORUS PARADOXUS, L., Curtis. [F. Rhipiphoridae. G. Rhipi- 

 phorus. Fab.'] 



Elongate, black, with a short pubescence, sides of the thorax posteriorly, abdomen and elytra 

 reddish yellow. Head transverse, thickly and finely rugulose-punctatc, with a sparse erect fuscous 

 pubescence. Thorax elongate, narrowed in front, sides slightly rounded anteriorly, sinuate poste- 

 riorly ; base bi-sinuate, the central lobe produced over the scutellum ; posterior angles acute, 

 embracing the humeral angles of the elytra ; with a broad and very deep central longitudinal 

 excavation ; smooth in the centre ; sides punctate, each puncture emitting a short erect fuscous 

 hair. Elytra nearly as wide at the base as the thorax, with a short depressed pubescence, gaping 

 at the suture, narrowed to the apex, acuminate at the tip ; each with a broad longitudinal 

 furrow ; of the males yellow with the tips black, of the females entirely black. Length, 5-0 lines. 



Widely distributed, but not common. In wasp.s' nests, and occasionally in flowers. 

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