Lionyrhus.] adephaoa. 1-1-7 



P. vittatus, P.rullc (connrxu.% Yoiwc, fasriolatiiji, Daws. G. Brit., nee 

 ]Ji)ssi). 11(311(1 anil thorax pitchy brown above and beneath, elytra 

 pitchy with a broad reddish testaceous patch extending on each side of 

 suture from base to beyond middle ; u})per surface covered witli yellow 

 pubescence ; head and thorax coarsely punctured, antennai and palpi fer- 

 luginous ; elytra depressed, parallel-sided, distinctly striated, interstices 

 tliickly punctured ; legs and abdomen ferruginous. L. 9-10 mm. 



Clay bunks on the coast ; also further inland at the foot of posts, under stones and 

 elods, in flood refuse, &c. ; Whitstuble ; Heme Bay ; Hastings; Hythe ; Waltoii-oii- 

 Naze; Southend; St. Leonards; Siieppv, generally distributed ; Sheerness, occasionally 

 common ; in profusion in March, 1873, by digging about posts at Queenboro' (J. J. 

 Walker). 



DRYPTINA. 



Tliis tribe is rich in exotic forms, the genera containing the greatest 

 numlier of species being Galprita and Ziiphium ; in Europe it is repre- 

 sented by two genera and six species, of which one only is British ; 

 several of its members have the head joined to the thorax by a semi- 

 globular neck as in the Odacanthina, but from these and their allies they 

 are distinguished by the penultimate joint of the labial palpi being 

 ])lurisetose in front, and also in some cases by the elongate first joint of 

 tlie antenna} ; this point, however, cannot be dej^ended upon as of triljal 

 value, as some of the genera of the allied tribes have the first joint longer 

 than some of the Dryj)tina. 



DRVPTA, Fabricius. 



Tliis genus comprises upwards of thirty species from Europe, Asia, 

 and Africa, one or two also being found in Australia ; they occur chiefly 

 in hot regions ; as a rule they are very handsome insects ; they live in 

 either damp or dry places, near the sea or further inland, at the roots of 

 grass, under vegetable refuse, &c. 



D. dentata, Rossi (emarfj/inafa, V.). Bright green or blue green on 

 both the upper and under sides ; head tliickly punctured, eyes prominent ; 

 mouth, palpi, and antennaj red, the apex of the lirst joint of latter (wliich 

 is very elongate), and a ring round the second and third, black ; thorax 

 elongate, almost cylindrical, somewhat narrowed behind, very coarsely 

 jiunctured, with distinct dorsal furrow ; elytra rather wider behind 

 middle, pubescent, with strongly punctured stria;, interstices finely punc- 

 tured. L. 8 mm. 



Very local but has sometimes been taken abundantly ; it is found on clay banks at 

 roots of grass, &c. , and occurs cither near tlie coast or inland vuid.-r veg(.'laltle rclusf, 

 moss, &c. ; (iosport (in numbers); Portsmouth and Alvcrstoke ; I'ortsea ; Islo of 

 W'ii^lit, Luccombe Chine and Freshwater, April 1885; Hastings; Kavershani ; 

 Chattendcii (Kent); Lyme Regis; Chatham (a few sik-ci mens t^ikcu from moss in a 

 wood in early sprint,' by (l. C. Chaniiiioii and .1. .1. \\';ilkcr). 



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