Plate XXIX. — Continued. 



coarsely punctate, each with two or three indistinct longitudinal ridges. The female differs in 

 being rather larger, and in having the anterior legs shorter. Length, 3J-4J lines. 



Found on liazcl, sallow, and birch, at Darenth Wood, Kent; Coombe Wood, Surrey; in 

 Worcestershire; Yorkshire, &c. 



Fig. 256. M.JlNTURA M.\TIIEWSII, Curtis. [F. Ilalticidje. G. Mantura, Steph.] 

 (Cardiapus Mathewsii, Curtis.) 



Oblong-ovate, convex, above deep blue, or green with a brassy tint, shining, legs yellowish 

 red. Head rather coarsely and sparsely punctate ; antenna; black, the apex of the 1st, and the 

 2d, 3d, and 4th joints reddish yellow. Thorax transverse, narrowed behind, base bi-sinuate, 

 sides rounded ; rather coarsely and thickly punctate, with a short oblique impressed line on each 

 side at the base. Elytra sub-cylindrical, deeply and rather coarsely punctate-striate ; interstices 

 flat, finely rugulose. Beneath black, finely and rather sparsely punctate. Legs yellowish red, 

 thighs pitchy black. Length, \-\\ line. 



Not common, although widely distributed in the south and midland counties. 



Fig. 257. ENTOMOSCELIS ADONIDIS, Fab. \F. Chrysomelidre. G. Eatomoscelis, 

 Redtb.l (Chrysomela Adonidis, Curtis.) 



Oblong-ovate, convex, above bright yellowish red, anterior portion of head, and a spot on the 

 vertex, antenna", a large discoidal patch on the thorax, scutellum, a longitudinal stripe next the 

 suture, and another on the disc of the elytra (sometimes extending nearly to the lateral margins), 

 black. Thorax transverse, narrowed in front, sides faintly rounded, posterior angles rectangular ; 

 finely and rather thickly punctate. Elytra finely, rather sparsely and irregularly punctate. 

 Underside and logs black. Length, 3|-3^ lines. 



Supposed to have been taken, many years since, in Lincolnshire. 



Fig. 258. END0:MYCHUS COCCINEUS, Linn., Curtis. [F. Endomychidfe. G. Endo- 

 mychus, Panzer.'] 



Ovate, moderately convex, bright scarlet rod, shining, head, a patch on the disc of the thorax, 

 scutellum, two spots on each elytron, and the underside of the thorax black. Head finely and 

 sparsely punctate, with a transverse impression between the eyes; parts of the mouth ferruginous; 

 antenna' black, the two basal joints pitchy, tip of apical joint ferruginous. Thorax transverse, 

 narrowed in front, sides nearly straight, base bi-sinuate, posterior angles acute ; finely and sparsely 

 punctate, with a fine transverse impression near the base, and a deep impressed longitudinal line 

 on each side behind. Elytra ovate, finely punctate. Legs black or pitchy. Length, 2-2.^ lines. 



Local, but widely distributed throughout the country. It inhabits beneath bark and in 

 decaying stumps of trees, especially such as nourish fungi, and frccjuently occurs in profusion. 



Fig. 259. HALYZIA OCELLATA, Linn. [F. Coccinellida?. G. Halyzia, Mukant.] 

 (Coccinclla ocellata, Curtis.) 



Short-ovate, convex, shining. Head black, rather finely punctate, parts of the mouth and 

 antenna' pale yellow, the latter fuscous at the a]iex. Thorax transverse, emarginate in front, 

 rounded at the base and at the sides, finely punctate, black, the lateral margins broadly, and two 

 spots at the base before the scutellum, yellowish white. Scutellum black. Elytra yellowish red, 

 finely and thickly punctate ; each with nine black spots encircled with pale yellow, the 1st, ovate, 

 oblique, on the shoulder; the 2d, linear, close to the scutellum; the 3d, ovate, on the outer 

 margin at about one-third from the base; the 4th, ovate, on the disc at about one-fourth from 

 the base; the 5th, ovate, near the suture at about one-third from the base; the Gth, 7th, and 8th, 

 ovate, placed transversely and rather obliquely at about one-third from the apex ; the 9th, 

 linear, situate obliquely near the apex, midway between the lateral margin and the suture. 

 Underside black, |iosterior margins of abdominal segments redilish yellow. Length, 4-5 lines. 



Widely distributed, but not common, in fir woods. 



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