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reticulated ; apex of antennae fulvous ; about four lines ; 

 woods, in the South of England ; rare. PI. 50, fg. I. 



Family [50]. Telephorid;E. Leach. 



Genus [366]. Silis. Ifegerle. One species. The male 'has 

 the antennae serrated, and the lateral emargination of the 

 thorax deeper. 



S. ruficollis, Fab. Black and shining ; thorax red testa- 

 ceous ; antennas and legs sometimes pitchy ; about four 

 lines ; grassy places, especially near marshes ; not com- 

 mon. PI, 50, fig. 2. 

 Genus [367]. Telephorus. De Geer. Twenty-eight species ? 

 T. fuscus, Lin. Black ; thorax, excepting the anterior 

 margin, and the three basal joints of the antennae red ; 

 legs obscure pitchy ; about eight lines ; hedges ; not 

 uncommon. PI. 50, fig. 3. 

 Genus [368]. Podabrus. Fischer. One species, 



P. alpinus, Payh. Testaceous ; thorax with an obscure 

 discoidal spot ; elytra either testaceous or slaty ; poste- 

 rior legs and all the tarsi obscure ; about seven lines ; 

 trees in woods ; not uncommon. PI. 50, fig. 4. 

 Genus [369]. Ragonycha. Fsch. Five species. 



R. melanura, Fab. Reddish testaceous ; antennae and 

 tarsi obscure ; apex of the elytra black ; about four 

 lines ; common. PI. 50, Jig. 5. 

 Genus [370]. Malthinus. Latr. Nineteen species. 



M. flaveolus, PayJc. Yellow testaceous ; forehead blackish ; 

 disc of the thorax with two obscure spots; elytra fuscous, 

 bright yellow at the apex, and the antennae obscure at 

 the tip ; about three lines ; trees, by beating ; not un- 

 common. PI, 50, Jig. 6. 



Family [51]. Melyridve. 



Genus [371]. Malachius. Fab. Fifteen species. In the 

 female the antennae are simple. 



M. aeneus, Lin. Metallic green; head yellow in front; 

 anterior angles of the thorax and the elytra vermilion 

 red, with an elongate triangular spot at the base, ex- 

 tending about half way down the suture, green ; about 

 four and a half lines ; not uncommon in meadows and 

 gardens. Pl.b\,fig. 1. 

 Genus [372]. Aplocnemus. Steph. One species. 



A. impressus, Marsh. Bronzy, with a pale pubescence ; 



