I'j.ArE XVIII. — Continued. 



jiunctate, with a transverse depression between tbe antennaj ; antenna and tips of mandibles black, 

 the three basal joints of the former reddish yellow. Thorax transverse, narrowed in front, and 

 slightly so behind ; sides roimded ; base bi-sinuate, with two small approximate foveas in the 

 centre opposite the scutcUum ; rather thickly and finely punctate. Elytra with the sides nearly 

 l)arallel, finely rugulose-punctate. Legs ferruginous. Length, 3-3.T lines. 



Not common, but widely distributed in the south. Sherwood Forest ; Darenth Wood ; 

 lieigate ; Kensington Gardens ; New Forest ; &c. 



Eig. 158. OSPHYA BIl'UNCTATA, 7'«6. (:\Ialc.) [F. MelandryidEc. G. Osphya, 



Illujer.'] (Nothus clavi])es, Curtis.) 



Elongate, black, clothed with a fine dense grey pubescence ; month, three basal joints of 

 antenna?, margins of thorax and of elytra, base of thighs and of tibia?, reddish yellow. Head 

 deflcxed, finely punctate ; paljii with the apex dusky. Thorax transverse, rounded in front and at 

 the sides, base truncate, angles rounded. Elytra with the sides parallel, thickly and finely punctate. 

 Posterior thighs incrassate. Length, 3-4.1 lines. 



Rare. On whitethorn blossoms ; Monk's Wood, Hunts : and near Windsor. 



Fig. 159. CANTHARIS VESICATOIIIA, L., Curtis. Spamsu Fly. Blister Beetle. 

 [F. Canthariclre. G. Cantharis, Geoffr.] 



Elongate, shining, bright green, golden green, or blue. Head transverse, deflexed, triangular, 

 minutely and rather sparsely punctate, mth a very thin short erect golden-yellow pubescence, and 

 a dee]7 central longitudinal furrow ; antenniv black, ]iubescent, basal joint glabrous, with a blue or 

 green tint. Thorax transverse, narrowed behind, sides straight, anterior angles obtuse, posterior 

 angles rounded, base cniarginate and refiexed ; anterior portion depresse'd ; disc flat, with a distinct 

 central longitudinal impressed line, rather more closely punctate than the head. Elytra with the 

 sides parallel, finely shagreened, each with two distinct longitudinal elevated lines. Legs black, 

 with a green tint, covered with a short golden-yellow pubescence, claws amber yellow. Beneath bright 

 blue or green, thickly punctate, breast with a long yellowish-grey pubescence. Length, 5-11 lines. 



Rare, but occasionally found in abundance ; near Norwich ; Cheltenham ; Isle of Wight ; 

 Cambridgeshire ; &c. 



Fig. 160. ASCLERA SANGUINICOLLIS, Fab. [F. (Edemeridse. G. Asclera, Schmidt.] 

 ((Edemera sanguinicoliis, Curtis.) 



Elongate, narrow, brassy green, with a very short fine yellowish-grey pubescence, thorax red. 

 Head thickly and finely ]ninctatc, with a transverse impression between the antenna', and a fovea 

 on tl e crown ; ])alpi black, reddish brown at the base ; antennw black, pubescent, two basal joints 

 reddish brown beneath. Thorax truncate and transversely impressed in front and at the base ; 

 sides slightly r<junued to about the middle, thence abrujitly sinuate to the base ; thickly and 

 finely punctate, the disc with three large fovea?, one on each side a little before the middle, and 

 one at the base in front of the scutellum. Elytra parallel at the sides, thickly and finely punctate, 

 interstices rugulose ; each with the suture and outer margin and three longitudinal lines on the 

 disc, elevated, smooth. Length, 5-0 lines 



In decayed trees, especially elms ; Windsor and New Forests ; Bristol ; Richmond Park ; &c. 



Fig. IGI. PYROCIIROA COCCINEA, L., Curtis. Cardinal Beetle. [F. Pyro- 

 chrolda;. G. Pyrocliroaj Geoffr.] 



Elongate, black, pubescent, thorax and elytra bright scarlet. Head triangular, with a trans- 

 verse impression in front of the antenna^, and an elongate fovea on each side behind them, finely 

 ]iunctate, with a short black pubescence. Thorax transverse, narrowed anteriorly, rounded in 

 front at the sides and at the base ; its surface uneven, very finely and thickly punctate, scarlet, 

 clothed with a depressed imbescence of the same colour; with a shallow, central, longitudinal 

 furrow. Scutellum ronndeil at the apex, black, with a dense black velvety pubescence. Elytra 

 dilated at the sides behind, bright scarlet, with a dense short pubescence. Underside and legs 

 black. Length, 5-7 lines. 



Not uncommon in Bircli and Darenth Woods, Kent : the New Forest, and near Epping. 



