species with short elytra ; and those with long and subulated 

 elytra {N. rnfa Linn. &c.) may retain their original appellation 

 of NecydaliSf should such a division be found advisable. 



Of this singular genus there are but two species in Britain : 

 M. minor figured in the plate (the smaller one being the na- 

 tural size) was taken in June 1823 upon the blossoms of a tree 

 in the beautiful and ornamental grounds of John Walker, Esq., 

 at Arno's Grove, and communicated to me by Mr. Edwin 

 Walker, to whose liberality I am indebted for several rare and 

 interesting insects. M. Umbellatarum has been taken in the 

 lane leading to Darent Wood, Kent, upon the dead branches 

 of an old tree, where probably it bred ; and several specimens 

 were found also by myself in a hot day in June, upon an um- 

 belliferous plant in a garden adjoining the same lane. 



The plant introduced with the Insect is ^thusa Cynapmm 

 (Fools' Parsley). 



