194 CATALOGUE OF THE INSECTS OF 



Swalwell.— /. H. Long Benton.— 2^. J. B. Morpeth.— J/r. 

 John Scott. January — May. 



Rostrum, sliort, very broad, flat, red, Antenntc black, ferrugi- 

 nous at tbe base. Thorax subcylindric, punctate, shining, red. 

 Elytra atro-coeruleous (or green), punctate-striate, immaculate, 

 shining. Legs testaceous. Abdomen black. — (Panzer.) 



Stephens cites Panzer's figure for the Linnsean S. ruficollis, 

 but Mr. Janson, who obligingly examined, at our request. Panzer's 

 work, remarks that the insect figured by that author, " has the 

 broad rostrum of the common Sal^oingus planirostris, and the 

 head entirely red." In other words, it is S. viridij^iennis. 



3. R. PLANIROSTRIS, Fcih. 



Salpingus planirostris, Steph. Illust., Mand., iv., 217. 

 Under bark. Common. January — November. 



239. Salpingus, IlUger. 



1. S. ATER, Payh. 



Sphceriestes ater, Stepli. Illust., Mand., iv., 218. 



Rare. " Twizell."~P. J. Selbij, Esq. Fawdon.— 2^. J, B. 

 South Shields.—/. H. 



There is in some specimens a small fovea on the vertex of the 

 head. It is also to be observed in some, and not in other indi- 

 viduals of S, immaculatus, and is, perhaps, a sexual distinction. 



2. S. IMMACULATUS, Steph. 



Sphoeriestes immaculatus, Steph. Illust., Mand., iv., 218. 

 Rare. Greencroft and Gosforth. — T. J. B. Sept. 



Family 7. (EDEMEniDiE, Leach. 



240. IscHNOMERA, Steph. 

 1. I. LURID A, Marsh. 



Steph. Illust., Mand., v., 55. 

 "Durham." — Ornshys Durham, 20-5. 



j:2. I. MALANURA, Linn. 



Steph. Illust., Mccnd., v., 54. 

 This species was bred, in considerable numbers, from the de- 

 caying timbers of a vessel belonging to Sunderland, by Mr. 

 William Peacock. 



