Plate XXII. — Continued. 



prothorax, epimora of mcsothorax, and apical margins of abduminal segments, reddish-yellow. 

 Legs biassy green, pubescent, extreme tips of coxa; and of femora reddish-yellow, the anterior, 

 with the apices of the tibia? and the tarsi, reddish-yellow. In the female, the joints of the antenna; 

 are feebly and gradually dilated within at the apex, the second ob-conic ; the elytra entire and 

 separately rounded at the apex. Length, 2^ lines. 



Apparently a littoral species, occurring, not uncommonly, at Southend; Dover; Folkestone; 

 and on the coast of Norfolk ; SuffoUc ; Devon ; &c. 



Fig. 193. TELEPIIORUS ABDOIMINALIS, Fab. [_F. Tclephoridse. G. Telephoras, 



Schacffh:'] (T. cyaneuS;, Curtis.) 



Elongate ; head, antennas, and legs black ; apex of mandibles and palpi pitchy ; mouth, basal 

 joint of anti'nna', thorax, anterior coxa;, and abdomen beneath reddish-yellow; elytra blue-black, 

 rugulose-punctate, with a short sub-erect black pubescence. Length, 5-C| lines. 



Eare. In the north of England, and ia >?cotlaud. 



Fig. 194. TARSOSTENUS UNIVITTATUS, Rossi. \_F. Cleridae. G. Tarsostenus, 



Spi)wla.~\ (Opilns fasciatus, Curtis.) 



Elongate, pitchy black, shining, sparsely clothed with an erect yellowish-grey pubescence ; 

 elytra with a slightly oblique, transverse, interrupted white band behind the middle. Head 

 convex, coarsely and rather thickly punctate ; parts of the mouth and base of antennw reddish- 

 brown. Thorax elongate, truncate in front, narrowed behind ; sides straight anteriorly, rounded 

 posteriorly; hinder angles obtuse ; coarsely and thickly punctate at the sides ; with a longitudinal, 

 mesial, coarsely-punctate impres.sion, bounded on each side by a glabrous ridge in front, dilated 

 posteriorly, and enclosing an oblong, raised, smooth sjiace. Elytra elongate, sub-cylindrical, each 

 with ten closely-set rows of large punctures, which gradually diminish in depth and regularity 

 towards the apex, and an oblique, slightly arcuate, transverse white fascia a little behind the 

 middle. Tliighs pitchy black, their tips, tibii-e, and tarsi reddish-brown. Length, 2,^ lines. 



A native of Southern Europe, of excessively rare occurrence in Britain, the only registered 

 localities being, Kent ? ; Winchmore Hill ; and Malvern. 



Fig. 195. THANASIMUS FORMICARIUS, L., Curtis. [F. Cleridie. G. Thanasimus, Latr.} 



Elongate, pubescent, slightly shining. Head black, as wide as the thorax, thickly and rather 

 coarsely punctate ; antennse and palpi pitchy. Thorax as broad as long, narrowed and constricted 

 behind, truncate in front ; sides nearly straight anteriorly, rounded posteriorly ; base rounded ; 

 rather thickly and coarsely punctate, with a shallow, central, longitudinal channel behind, divided 

 in front a little before the middle, each branch curved and extending to the lateral margin, the 

 anterior space black, the posterior portion red. Elytra oblong, wider than the thorax, black, with 

 a depressed black pubescence, the base reddish-yellow : each with a narrow, transverse, flexuous 

 band of coarse white hairs a little behind the red basal space, and a broad, nearly straight one neivr 

 the apex ; with six irregular rows of large j)unctures at the base, but which do not extend beyond 

 the basal white band. Abdomen beneath bright red. Legs black, with long erect white hairs ; 

 tarsi pitchy red. Length, 2.J-4J lines. 



Not uncommon ; upon and beneath the bark of old trees tenanted by Htjlesini and Scolyti. 



Fig. 196. TILLUS UNIFASCIATUS, Fab., Curtis. [F. Clerida. G. Tillus, Olivier.'] 



Elongate, pubescent, shining, black ; elytra red at the base, with a transverse yellowish-white 

 band, interrupted at the suture, towards the apex. Head black, as wide as the thorax, minutely 

 and sparsely punctate, with erect black hairs. Thorax elongate, narrowed behind; sides nearly 

 straight in front, sinuate behind; jiosterior angles nearly rectangular; black; sparsely and finely 

 jiuuclate, with a faint, transverse impression one-third from the apex, and very long black hairs at 

 the sides. Scutellum black. Elytra elongate, black, basal two-fifths red : each with a transverse, 

 slightly-bent, yellowish-white band, which does not reach the suture, a little behind the middle ; 

 with a sparse, mingled grey and black jmbescence, the apex with silvery -grey hairs; and with nine 

 rows of large punctures at the base, terminating abruptly at the transverse band. Underside and 

 legs black. Length, 2.5-3] lines. 



Rare. On old oaksand oak palings; Windsor; near Hertford ; Barnct; and at Camberwell, Surrey. 

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