1'late II. — Continued. 



Almmlant, in tlio spring and autnuin, in the fenny districts of Huntingdonshire, Norfolk, and 

 Cambridge ; also near Swansea ; in Surrey, near Three Bridges and Earlswood Common ; in the 

 stems of the Keed-macc {Ti/pha latifolia); it has likewise occurred in the vicinity of the metropolis, 

 near Hammersmith. 



Fig. 15. CYMINDIS VAPORARIORUM, Linn. [F. Lebiidse. G. Cymindis, Latr.] 

 (Tarus basal is, Curtis.) 



Reddish brown or brownish black, pubescent ; antenna; and parts of the mouth pitchy red. 

 Head and thorax rather thickly and coarsely punctate ; the latter heart-shaped, with a faint 

 central longitudinal channel, its posterior angles acute and prominent. Elytra elongate ovate, 

 rather convex, punctate-striate, interstices thickly and deeply punctate, the base red brown. 

 TjCgs, pitchy red. Length, 4-4J lines. 



Not uncommon iu the mountainous districts of Wales and Scotland. 



Fig. 16. DEMETRIAS MONOSTIGMA, Leach* Curtis. [F. Lebiida;. G. Demetrias, 



Bonelli.] 



Reddish yellow. Head black, shining ; mandibles, pitchy red. Thorax heart-shaped, with a 

 very conspicuous central longitudinal channel, its posterior angles slightly prominent. Elytra 

 faintly ]Hinetate-striate, with a common pitchy-black, ill-defined patch at the apex within. 

 Length, 2-2^ lines. 



Formerly abundant in the fens of Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire ; common at the 

 roots of grass, &c., near Deal, and in other places on the south and west coasts in the spring and 

 autumn. 



Fig. 17. METABLETUS OBSCUROGUTTATUS, Duftschnidt. [F. Lebiida;. G. Meta- 

 bk'tus, Schmidt Gofbd.'] (Dromius spilotus, Dejcan, Curtis.) 



Brownish black with a slight brassy hue. Head smooth ; antenna; black ; pitchy red at the 

 base. Thorax short, sub-(piadrate, narrowed behind, with a distinct central longitudinal channel, 

 its posterior angles obtuse. Elytra very faintly striate, with an ovate spot, frequently indistinct, 

 on the shoulders, occasionally another smaller one near the apex, and the reflexed margin brownish 

 yellow. Legs pitchy red, the thighs darker. Length, li-l,i, lines. 



Not common, although widely distributed. Near London, at Hornsey, at roots of grass on 

 shady banks ; Holme Fen, Hunts ; Isle of Wight ; Tunbridge Wells ; near Reigate, Surrey, 

 &c. &c. 



Fig. 18. CLIVINA COLLARIS, Herbst, Curtis. [F. Scaritidfe. G. Clivina, Latr.'\ 



Head reddish brown, smooth, with a central impressed line on the forehead, and two large 

 punctures behind the eyes ; antenna^ mandibles, and palpi, red. Tliorax, pitchy brown, sub- 

 ([uadrate, slightly narrowed anteriorly, with a transverse arcuate impressed line in front, and t\ 

 conspicuous central longitudinal channel. Elytra red ; the suture frequently pitchy black ; deeply 

 striate, the stria: closely and rather finely punctate ; interstices Hat, the third with two or three 

 large lumctures contiguous to the third stria. Legs red. Length, 2.| lines. 



Local, but widely, although sparingly, distributed throughout England, and occasionally found 

 in Scotland. 



• In SamouoUe's Enlnmoliyist's Useful Compendium, p. 15(i. 2 (ixl!)). D. luiiiiunctatus, Gei-m. Ins. Spec. 

 Nov. 1. 1. 2(lHi4). 



